{"product_id":"a-model-world-9781841153629","title":"A Model World","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this compelling collection of short stories, bestselling author Michael Chabon explores adolescent desire, love, friendship and fatherhood, moving subtly and incisively across this powerful emotional ground.\u003c\/p\u003e           \u003cp\u003eWry and whimsical, but also with intellectual depth, A MODEL WORLD is a collection of eleven wonderful stories about growing up and growing wise.\u003c\/p\u003e           \u003cp\u003eIn ‘S Angel’ a group of wedding guests is hijacked by a fast-talking real estate agent, but not before the bride herself disappears. ‘Smoke’ takes us to a baseball catcher’s funeral, where one of the mourners – a has-been pitcher – confronts the ruins of his career. In the hilarious title story, a graduate student plagiarizes a dissertation on the movement of clouds, only to find himself and his faculty advisor in a parlour game where each player must confess the worst thing he or she has ever done. The second part of the book, ‘The Lost World’, is a series of stories about a young boy, Nathan Shapiro, who must face the wrenching emotions caused by his parents’ bitter divorce.\u003c\/p\u003e           \u003cp\u003eSerious, yet shot through with wit, humour and compassion, these are unforgettable stories from one of America’s most celebrated writers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Poignant, affecting, witty, wrenching, a terrific writer.' Washington Post\u003c\/p\u003e           \u003cp\u003e'Establishes Chabon as one of his generation's most eloquent voices.' New York Times\u003c\/p\u003e           \u003cp\u003ePraise for ‘The Yiddish Policemen’s Union’:\u003c\/p\u003e           \u003cp\u003e‘His almost ecstatically smart and sassy new novel…Chabon is a spectacular writer…a language magician. He has you laughing out loud, applauding the fun he has with language and the way he takes the task of a writer and runs delighted rings around it.’ Guardian\u003c\/p\u003e           \u003cp\u003e‘Michael Chabon’s brilliant new novel starts with a bang…It hums with humour. It buzzes with gags…the accumulated reading experience is one of admiration, close to awe, at the vigour of Chabon’s imagination…a hilarious, antic whirl of a novel.’ Sunday Times\u003c\/p\u003e           \u003cp\u003e‘It makes film noir look like film blanc by comparison.’ Arena\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HarperCollins Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51771525235031,"sku":"9781841153629","price":8.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781841153629.jpg?v=1758728159","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/a-model-world-9781841153629","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}