{"product_id":"the-magic-kingdom-9780857305473","title":"The Magic Kingdom","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA dazzling tapestry of love and faith, memory and imagination, \u003cem\u003eThe Magic Kingdom\u003c\/em\u003e questions what it means to look back and accept oneâ??s place in history. With an expert eye and stunning vision, Russell Banks delivers a wholly captivating portrait of a man navigating Americana and the passage of time....\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAmerica has always been aspirational-the search for 'a more perfect union,' as outlined in the preamble to the Constitution, ongoing. But in \u003cem\u003eThe Magic Kingdom\u003c\/em\u003e, Russell Banks's beautifully crafted story of love and betrayal in an early-20th-century religious community, those ideals undermine one man's chance for happiness, revealing the flaws in our American dream along the way * Boston Globe *\u003cbr\u003eRussell Banks's new novel is eerily timely. Can what's gone wrong in the past offer keys to the future? \u003cem\u003eThe Magic Kingdom\u003c\/em\u003e confronts our longings for Paradise; also the inner serpents that are to be found in all such enchanted gardens -- Margaret Atwood\u003cbr\u003eA fascinating tale narrated over half a century -- 28 Books You'll Want to Read This Fall * New York Post *\u003cbr\u003eBanks dazzles in this story of a Floridian Shaker community torn apart from within and without . . . The author uses himself as a narrator, a metafictional device that throws the fictional past into stark relief -- 30 Books We Can't Wait For This Fall * Los Angeles Times *\u003cbr\u003eEngrossing . . . As ever, Banks writes gorgeously about [Florida's] natural wonders, pointing out the strange magnetism a place needs to have to attract the world's detritus . . . Banks is writing with an eye to the present * Los Angeles Times *","brand":"Bedford Square Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49973298954583,"sku":"9780857305473","price":9.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780857305473.jpg?v=1739268020","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-magic-kingdom-9780857305473","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}