{"product_id":"the-hazards-of-good-breeding-a-novel-9780393324839","title":"The Hazards of Good Breeding A Novel","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe \"pitch perfect\" (\u003cem\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/em\u003e) first novel by the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestselling author of \u003cem\u003eThe Women in the Castle\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Reading Jessica Shattuck's pitch perfect first novel is like spying on the children and grandchildren of John Cheever's Wapshots.\" -- Mark Rozzo - Los Angeles Times\u003cbr\u003e\"In her poised and astute first novel…Shattuck unleashes a skewering gift for social commentary.\" -- Jennifer Egan - New York Times Book Review\u003cbr\u003e\"Shattuck is a wonderful writer. Her domestic interiors and etched portraits of 'Bostonus erectus' evoke the surface of Vermeer, the gentle bite of Austen…A gracefully choreographed novel that shines a sharp, clear light on a dying world and brings it to vivid life.\" -- Boston Globe\u003cbr\u003e\"[With a] keen understanding of human nature and frailty [Shattuck] often displays a magnetic use of detail that not only makes her scenes come visually alive but also illuminates character.\" -- San Francisco Chronicle\u003cbr\u003e\"Jessica Shattuck has written a thoughtful and elegant first novel, full of insight and humor. It is set in a rarefied world, one that she knows intimately and reveals perceptively; one which, for all its flaws and eccentricities, she loves.\" -- Roxana Robinson\u003cbr\u003e\"With great skill and wisdom Jessica Shattuck weaves an intricate domestic web that highlights the most vulnerable threads in a myriad of relationships: parents, children, friends, and lovers. \u003cem\u003eThe Hazards of Good Breeding\u003c\/em\u003e is all that the title promises and more. It is a terrific debut by a talented writer.\" -- Jill McCorkle\u003cbr\u003e\"An excellent novel…The author avoids contrivance in presenting sensitive issues experienced by totally credible, thoughtful people and comes up with a new understanding of American life every bit as affecting as Richard Yates’s \u003cem\u003eRevolutionary Road\u003c\/em\u003e.\" -- Ann Beattie\u003cbr\u003e\"With her sharp eye for detail and witty, winning prose, Jessica Shattuck takes the familiar story of a high-WASP family’s demise and turns it on its head. There are at least fifteen certifiable pleasures in every paragraph of this charming, intelligent, exceedingly well-crafted debut.\" -- Helen Shulman\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eThe Hazards of Good Breeding\u003c\/em\u003e is a stunning first novel…In this midsummer night’s dream of a story, her themes of social disintegration and search for responsibility are playfully worked to reveal an endgame of moving redemption.\" -- Maureen Howard","brand":"WW Norton \u0026 Co","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49525136556375,"sku":"9780393324839","price":11.97,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-hazards-of-good-breeding-a-novel-9780393324839","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}