{"product_id":"not-a-clue-9781496200891","title":"Not a Clue","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eIn this life-size game of Clue, six psychiatric patients inParis’s Saint Anne’s Hospital are suspects in the murder of Dr. Black. Though \u003ci\u003eNot a Clue\u003c\/i\u003e tells the stories of these possible assassins, theirlives,and what has brought them to the hospital, the true focus of ChloéDelaume’s intense and tumultuous novel is not merely to discoverthe identity of the murderer.Rather, bycleverly combining humor with the day-to-day effects of life’s unrelenting compromises, \u003ci\u003eNot a Clue\u003c\/i\u003eis an astutecommentary on the current state of literary production and consumption.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Masterfully juggling an omniscient narratrix, an accusing murder victim, at least six possible suspects as well as their psychiatrists, and a writer who intervenes by refusing to intervene, Delaume uses the characters, weapons, and rooms of the board game Clue to challenge—sometimes violently, sometimes playfully—the norms of typography, syntax, and narrative convent\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePraise for the original French edition\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “Like a lace maker, [Delaume] stitches together words, tears apart adjectives, tugs on adjectives, swells with parenthetical asides, and drenches her prose with equal doses of references to mythology as to pop songs.”—Émilie Grangeray, \u003ci\u003eLe Monde \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “With dazzling virtuosity, with its pirouettes, winks, and dizzying mirrored reflections, the final third of the novel in particular brings to mind both baroque esthetics and \u003ci\u003eThe Lady from Shanghai’\u003c\/i\u003es hall of mirrors. The whole thing is as exhilarating as it is moving.”—Catherine Henry, \u003ci\u003eBenzine\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eMagazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction by Dawn M. Cornelio    \u003cbr\u003e Studio    \u003cbr\u003e First Officer    \u003cbr\u003e Miss Scarlet    \u003cbr\u003e Miss Scarlet in the Kitchen    \u003cbr\u003e Miss Scarlet in the Kitchen with the Monkey Wrench    \u003cbr\u003e Study (Reload)     \u003cbr\u003e Professor Plum    \u003cbr\u003e Professor Plum in the Ballroom    \u003cbr\u003e Professor Plum in the Ballroom with the Candlestick    \u003cbr\u003e Second Officer    \u003cbr\u003e Gardens    \u003cbr\u003e Mrs. White    \u003cbr\u003e Mrs. White in the Lounge    \u003cbr\u003e Mrs. White in the Lounge with the Lead Pipe    \u003cbr\u003e Hall    \u003cbr\u003e Third Officer    \u003cbr\u003e Dining Room    \u003cbr\u003e Fourth Officer    \u003cbr\u003e Colonel Mustard    \u003cbr\u003e Colonel Mustard in the Billiard Room    \u003cbr\u003e Colonel Mustard in Billiard Room with the Revolver    \u003cbr\u003e Passageway(s)     \u003cbr\u003e Fifth Officer    \u003cbr\u003e Mrs. Peacock    \u003cbr\u003e Mrs. Peacock in the Library    \u003cbr\u003e Mrs. Peacock in the Library with the Rope    \u003cbr\u003e Swamp    \u003cbr\u003e Sixth Officer    \u003cbr\u003e Mr. Green    \u003cbr\u003e Mr. Green in the Conservatory    \u003cbr\u003e Endgame    \u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"University of Nebraska Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49409215955287,"sku":"9781496200891","price":15.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781496200891.jpg?v=1730505982","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/not-a-clue-9781496200891","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}