{"product_id":"mermaids-in-paradise-9780393351729","title":"Mermaids in Paradise","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Hilariously funny…Lydia Millet’s novels raise the bar for boldness.\" —Rene Steinke, \u003cem\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A writer without limits, always surprising, always hilarious.\" -- Karen Russell, author of Swamplandia! and Orange World and Other Stories\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eMermaids in Paradise\u003c\/em\u003e makes brilliant comedy out of a honeymoon trip that veers from the absurd to the sublime and back again. Lydia Millet is a stone-cold genius.\" -- Jenny Offill, author of Dept. of Speculation and Weather\u003cbr\u003e\"[A] deft satire.\" -- Melissa Maerz - Entertainment Weekly\u003cbr\u003e\"Lydia Millet is the American writer with the funniest, wisest grasp on how we fool ourselves.\" -- Charles Finch - Chicago Tribune\u003cbr\u003e\"A romp with sharp teeth…a slapstick variation on Millet’s abiding theme: the relationship between human beings and the natural world.\" -- Laura Miller - Salon\u003cbr\u003e\"Millet, with her keen sense of the absurd, brings the book to a surprising conclusion, and makes a point about corporate greed and the destruction of the environment without being heavy-handed.\" -- Moira Hodgson - Wall Street Journal\u003cbr\u003e\"Suspenseful, philosophical, and tropical—the funniest you’ll ever read on ecotourism and the wisest you’ll ever read on mermaids.\" -- Natalie Beach - O Magazine\u003cbr\u003e\"A hilarious genre-bender that strikes some serious chords.\" -- Jane Ciabattari - BBC\u003cbr\u003e\"[A] laser-focused satire…The novel has the shape and pace of a thriller… An admirable example of a funny novel with a serious message that works swimmingly. Dive in.\" -- Kirkus Reviews (starred review)\u003cbr\u003e\"With equal parts calculated wryness and pleading earnestness, [Millet] delivers a thrilling piece of fabulist fiction.\" -- Publishers Weekly (starred review)","brand":"WW Norton \u0026 Co","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49525149761879,"sku":"9780393351729","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780393351729.jpg?v=1731859420","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/mermaids-in-paradise-9780393351729","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}