{"product_id":"a-french-novel-9780007371372","title":"A French Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003eArrested for snorting cocaine off a car bonnet, award-winning author and quintessential dilettante Frédéric Beigbeder reflects on his troubled childhood, while spending a night in police custody.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eConfined to a cell, Frédéric Beigbeder's seeks escape in his childhood memories, only to discover he can recall just one.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom this, he reconstructs both his past and that of his family; the glamour of Sixties Paris and his father's playboy life in New York, so distinct from the experiences of his soldier grandfather, whose lifespan Frédéric has now exceeded.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHis arrest all over the tabloids, Frédéric wonders if the time has come to grow up. 'A French Novel' is a belated coming-of-age tale, profoundly tender and charmingly ironic.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrédéric Beigbeder was born in 1965 and lives in Paris. He works as a publisher, literary critic and broadcaster.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Fourth Estate","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51661034717458,"sku":"9780007371372","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_ce65f094-2d13-4544-b7ed-78ac07d42649.jpg?v=1760434257","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/a-french-novel-9780007371372","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}