{"product_id":"the-pugilist-at-rest-9780571342129","title":"The Pugilist at Rest","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThom Jones's magnificent collection of stories presents a brutal and authentic vision of the human condition, in a world without mercy or redemption. \u003ci\u003eThe Pugilist at Rest\u003c\/i\u003e gives us an America of Vietnam vets and ex-boxers, of bitter lovers in trailer parks, of lives passing in brilliant epileptic flickers. These ferocious, semi-autobiographical stories form the debut collection by a distinctive and hugely talented writer. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThom Jones was discovered as a writer relatively late in life, in his forties, by the fiction editors at the \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, who published many of Jones's stories from the early 1990s onwards. The title story of this collection went on to win the O. Henry Award for Best Short Story.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Faber \u0026 Faber","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49403119206743,"sku":"9780571342129","price":999.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-pugilist-at-rest-9780571342129","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}