{"product_id":"duplex-9781555976910","title":"Duplex","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Utterly compelling . . . Davis writes with a stunning brilliance, creating fractured worlds that are both extraordinary and routine.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe Boston Globe\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A coming-of-age-meets-dystopian-fantasy-meets-alternate-reality novel, or maybe an Ionesco-meets-Beckett-meets-Oulipo novel . . . The world [\u003ci\u003eDuplex\u003c\/i\u003e] describes has gone cuckoo while its characters' anxieties remain stubbornly, drably, daringly familiar.\" --Tom Bissell, \u003ci\u003eHarper's Magazine\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\"Enchanting . . . Hums beautifully to its own rhythm. It's a series of dreamlike, often erotic, images and interconnected plot lines that . . . swell to create an intoxicating atmosphere.\" --\u003ci\u003eSlate\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\"For fans of the fantastical, Davis's writing style is a glass of ice-cold water in today's desert of conventional fiction.\" --\u003ci\u003eStar Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e (Minneapolis) \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"[I fell] in love with Davis's writing . . . I'm grateful for every word . . . When you are lost in the uncanny woods of this astonishing, double-hinged book, just keep reading, and remember to look up. Kathryn Davis knows right where you are.\" --Lynda Barry, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Reading this book is a blast . . . \u003ci\u003eDuplex\u003c\/i\u003e is a traditional love story tucked inside an adult fairy tale, wrapped in science fiction . . . Thankfully, the laws of quantum mechanics do not power \u003ci\u003eDuplex\u003c\/i\u003e's magnetism. Instead, it is Davis's beautiful prose, her psychological awareness.\" --Rosecrans Baldwin, NPR, All Things Considered\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKathryn Davis\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of six previous novels, most recently \u003ci\u003eThe Thin Place\u003c\/i\u003e. She is the senior fiction writer on the faculty of the writing program at Washington University.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Graywolf Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50505166618898,"sku":"9781555976910","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_081c4324-02d6-4cd8-8921-36782273db15.jpg?v=1730834904","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/duplex-9781555976910","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}