{"product_id":"all-that-man-is-9781555977900","title":"All That Man Is","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFinalist for the 2016 Man Booker Prize \u003cbr\u003eWinner of the 2016 \u003ci\u003eParis Review\u003c\/i\u003e Plimpton Prize for Fiction\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA magnificent and ambitiously conceived portrait of contemporary life, by a genius of realism\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAll That Man Is \u003c\/i\u003etraces the arc of life from the spring of  youth to the winter of old age by following nine men who range from the  working-class ex-grunt to the pompous college student, the middle-aged  loser to the Russian oligarch. Ludicrous and inarticulate, shocking and  despicable, vital, pitiable, and hilarious, these men paint a picture of  modern manhood. David Szalay is a master of a new kind of realism that  vibrates with detail, intelligence, relevance, and devastating pathos.  In \u003ci\u003eAll That Man Is\u003c\/i\u003e, a Man Booker Prize finalist and the  winner of the Gordon Burn Prize and the Plimpton Prize, he brilliantly  illuminates the physical and emotional terrain of an increasingly  globalized Europe.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSzalay's prose . . . is frequently brilliant, remarkable for its grace and economy . . . [\u003ci\u003eAll That Man Is\u003c\/i\u003e]  has a new urgency now that the post-Cold War dream of a Europe of open  borders and broad, shared identity has come under increasing question. Garth Greenwell, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSzalay does so much and so well that we come to view his snapshots of lives as brilliant, captivating dramas. \u003ci\u003eStar Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e (Minneapolis)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA  100-megawatt novel: intelligent, intricate, so very well made, the form  perfectly fitting the content. When I reached the end, I turned  straight back to the start to begin again. \u003ci\u003eThe Sunday Times \u003c\/i\u003e(London)\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Graywolf Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53515865522519,"sku":"9781555977900","price":999.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/all-that-man-is-9781555977900","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}