{"product_id":"man-or-mango-a-lament-9781771964951","title":"Man or Mango?: A Lament","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBy the Booker-shortlisted author of \u003ci\u003eDucks, Newburyport\u003c\/i\u003e, a formally madcap and prescient novel about men (and women), mangos (and bees), and modern love. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eReclusive Eloïse lives with her cats and her cello in an English country cottage, privately building a case against men, women, the Queen, Nazi list-makers, fluorescent lighting, her ex-flatmate Howard, nuclear bombs, and toilet-roll-holder manufacturers. She has a real thing about giant pumpkin growers too. George is an American poet, recently arrived in the UK. Struggling to finish an epic poem on ice hockey, he plays a lot of pinball and gets chased around by his students. Lost, lonely, and in love, he and Eloïse really should be together, yet it seems they may never meet up...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut \u003cem\u003eMan or Mango?\u003c\/em\u003e is more than a lament for unrequited transatlantic romance. Funny and furious, it is a scathing, searing, rollicking and vertiginous reflection on life and love in a belligerent world. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLucy Ellmann \u003c\/b\u003ewas born in the US but now lives in Scotland. She advises other American women to do the same. Her first novel, \u003cem\u003eSweet Desserts\u003c\/em\u003e, won the Guardian Fiction Prize. Her latest, \u003cem\u003e Ducks, Newburyport\u003c\/em\u003e, won the Goldsmiths Prize and the James Tait Black Memorial Prize for Fiction. This was mighty generous of everybody but, really, \u003ci\u003eall wealth\u003c\/i\u003e should be in the hands of women\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Biblioasis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50525804855570,"sku":"9781771964951","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_4fd37065-6d22-4ab9-8b4c-7d657cb239ae.jpg?v=1731239875","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/man-or-mango-a-lament-9781771964951","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}