{"product_id":"flauberts-parrot-9780679731368","title":"Flaubert's Parrot","description":"\u003cb\u003eBOOKER PRIZE NOMINEE - From the internationally bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Sense of an Ending \u003c\/i\u003ecomes a literary detective story of a retired doctor obsessed with the 19th century French author Flaubert--and with tracking down the stuffed parrot that once inspired him. - \"A high literary entertainment carried off with great brio.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJulian Barnes playfully combines a detective story with a character study of its detective, embedded in a brilliant riff on literary genius. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA compelling weave of fiction and imaginatively ordered fact, \u003ci\u003eFlaubert's Parrot\u003c\/i\u003e is by turns moving and entertaining, witty and scholarly, and a tour de force of seductive originality.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBorn in Leicester in 1946, Julian Barnes is the author of nine novels, a book of stories, and a collection of essays. He has won both the Prix Médicis and the Prix Fémina, and in 1988 was made a Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres. He lives in London.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Vintage","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50514299322642,"sku":"9780679731368","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_35319e3b-9c4f-4b19-88b3-0a3937d907ad.jpg?v=1730978556","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/flauberts-parrot-9780679731368","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}