{"product_id":"if-nobody-speaks-of-remarkable-things-9780618344581","title":"If Nobody Speaks of Remarkable Things","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eIn this Booker Prize-nominated \"dream of a novel,\" ordinary middle-class lives converge and collide one summer day in England (\u003cem\u003eThe Times\u003c\/em\u003e).\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn delicate, intricately observed close-up, this novel makes us privy to the private lives of residents of a quiet street over the course of a single day. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eIf Nobody Speaks of Remarkable Things \u003c\/em\u003eexplores the hopes, fears, and unspoken despairs of a diverse community: a single father with painfully scarred hands; a group of young club-goers just home from an all-night rave, sweetly high and mulling over vague dreams; and the nervous young man at number 18 who collects weird urban junk and is haunted by the specter of unrequited love. What eventually unites them is an utterly surprising and terrible twist of fate that shatters their everyday, ordinary tranquility, and all that they take for granted.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA prose poem of a novel with a mystery at its center that \"recalls \u003cem\u003eTo The Lighthouse\u003c\/em\u003e or \u003cem\u003eMrs. Dalloway\u003c\/em\u003e\" (\u003cem\u003eThe Times\u003c\/em\u003e), \u003cem\u003eIf Nobody Speaks of Remarkable Things\u003c\/em\u003e was the recipient of the Somerset Maugham Award and the Betty Trask Award, and was named one of the best books of the year by the\u003cem\u003e Los Angeles Times\u003c\/em\u003e. It is, in the words of Ali Smith, \"a tremendous read.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A wonderful evocation of the beauty and horror of the literally everyday.\" -- \u003cem\u003eBooklist, \u003c\/em\u003estarred review\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Absolutely resplendent . . . does for urban England what John Cheever did for Westchester County.\" -- \u003cem\u003eBookpage\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMcGregor, Jon:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Jon McGregor published his first novel in Britain in 2002 to critical acclaim, and was inspired in part by the phenomenal media attention that surrounded the death of Princess Diana. He has written numerous short stories leading, in part, to the development of some of his novels. He founded the Nottingham Writer's Studio in 2006 and also taught a course at Arvon. McGregor lives in Nottingham, England.","brand":"Houghton Mifflin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50527151325458,"sku":"9780618344581","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_f3f2d796-2710-453d-b9ef-59cdc11db5d0.jpg?v=1731292542","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/if-nobody-speaks-of-remarkable-things-9780618344581","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}