{"product_id":"the-award-a-novel","title":"The Award: A Novel","description":"\"The Award begins as a wryly funny satire of thwarted literary ambition, but it quickly evolves into something darker and more disturbing. Matthew Pearl’s addictive and propulsive novel has the twisted nightmare logic of a Patricia Highsmith thriller.\"—Tom Perrotta, New York Times bestselling author of Tracy Flick Can't Win and Mrs. Fletcher\n\"A propulsive and gripping novel about the literary world, ambition, deception and murder and the twisted corner where they all intersect. Matthew Pearl grabs you from the first sentence and doesn’t let go.\"—Laura Dave, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Night We Lost Him\nThe author of Save Our Souls and The Dante Club makes his eagerly awaited return to fiction with this irreverent and propulsive novel about a young writer trying to make his way through a cutthroat literary scene that turns deadly.\nDavid Trent is an aspiring novelist in Cambridge, Massachusetts, trying to navigate his ambitions in a place that has writers around every corner.\nHe lives in an apartment above a Very Famous Author named Silas Hale who, beneath his celebrated image, is a bombastic, vindictive monster who refuses to allow his new neighbor even to make eye contact with him.\nUntil young David wins a prestigious award for his new book.\nSuddenly Silas is interested—if intensely spiteful.\nBut soon, the administrator of the award comes to David with alarming news, forcing the writer into a desperate set of choices.\nFate intervenes—with shocking consequences. . . .\nWith the wit and psychological wisdom of The Plot and The Winner, The Award is a timely, razor-sharp, and unputdownable novel about writing groups, publishing, ambition, human foibles, and the dangerous things we will do to get ahead.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 0063445271\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: DBV.0063445271.G\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Pearl, Matthew\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: Gently used with minimal wear on the corners and cover. A few pages may contain light highlighting or writing, but the text remains fully legible. Dust jacket may be missing, and supplemental materials like CDs or codes may not be included. May be ex-library with library markings. Ships promptly!  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Dream Books Co.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41592074862650,"sku":"DBV.0063445271.G","price":8.29,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/6011\/0138\/files\/0063445271-0.jpg?v=1786589869","url":"https:\/\/shop.dreambooksco.com\/products\/the-award-a-novel","provider":"Dream Books Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}