{"product_id":"clue-to-the-exit-9781250046031","title":"A Clue to the Exit","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA beautifully modulated novel that shows Edward St. Aubyn at his sparkling best\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCharlie Fairburn, successful screenwriter, ex-husband, and absent father, has been given six months to live. He resolves to stake half his fortune on a couple of turns of the roulette wheel and, to his agent's disgust, to write a novel-about death. In the casino he meets his muse. Charlie grows as addicted to writing fiction as she is to gambling. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHis novel is set on a train and involves a group of characters (familiar to readers of St. Aubyn's earlier work) who are locked in a debate about the nature of consciousness. As this train gets stuck at Didcot, and Charlie gets more passionately entangled with the dangerous Angelique, \u003ci\u003eA Clue to the Exit\u003c\/i\u003e comes to its startling climax. Exquisitely crafted, witty, and thoughtful, Edward St. Aubyn's dazzling novel probes the very heart of being.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEDWARD ST. AUBYN\u003c\/b\u003e was born in London in 1960. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eLost for Words\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eOn the Edge \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Patrick Melrose Novels: Never Mind, Bad News, Some Hope, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eMothers Milk. \u003c\/i\u003eHis final Patrick Melrose novel is the standalone \u003ci\u003eAt Last.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eMother's Milk\u003c\/i\u003e was shortlisted for the Booker Prize\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Picador Paper","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50492391784722,"sku":"9781250046031","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_ae7e1701-732b-43f7-a496-b68e2e02d083.jpg?v=1730587605","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/clue-to-the-exit-9781250046031","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}