{"product_id":"mercy-9781640097070","title":"Mercy","description":"\u003cb\u003eA rich and nuanced story beginning with a moment of fear and abandonment that will reverberate across decades and change the course of many lives, by a beloved PEN\/Faulkner and National Book Critics Circle Award-winning author\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn the gritty East Village of 1970s New York, Ivan and his best friend, Eddie, a popular local bartender, are dabbling in drugs following a short tour of Europe. One night, as Ivan and Eddie experiment with heroin, things go horribly wrong. In a panic, Ivan rushes Eddie to a crowded local ER and, believing his friend is about to die, makes the awful choice to leave him there. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis one act of abandonment haunts Ivan his entire life. He keeps this secret from his friends and later his family, forever searching for mercy from \"a remorse that never dies.\" Ivan's decision also ripples across time through an extended community, affecting a host of other people unknowingly connected to that night. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFollowing a bold cast of characters across decades, and set against the changing social and sexual mores from the 1970s onward, \u003ci\u003eMercy\u003c\/i\u003e is Silber's most ambitious and expansive novel yet, proving once again how we are all connected in mysterious and often unknown ways.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJOAN SILBER\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of ten books of fiction. Her last book, \u003ci\u003eSecrets of Happiness\u003c\/i\u003e, was a Washington Post and \u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e Best Book of the Year and an\u003ci\u003e O Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e Most Anticipated Book. Her novel, \u003ci\u003eImprovement\u003c\/i\u003e, was the winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award and the PEN\/Faulkner Award. She also received the PEN\/Malamud Award for Excellence in the Short Story. Her book, \u003ci\u003eFools\u003c\/i\u003e, was long-listed for the National Book Award and was a finalist for the PEN\/Faulkner Award. Other works include \u003ci\u003eThe Size of the World\u003c\/i\u003e, finalist for the \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e Book Prize for Fiction, and \u003ci\u003eIdeas of Heaven\u003c\/i\u003e, finalist for the National Book Award and The Story Prize. She lives in New York and has taught at Sarah Lawrence College and in the Warren Wilson MFA program.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Counterpoint LLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51580364882194,"sku":"9781640097070","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_738125a0-700b-4634-81fe-2c3f2f85f165.jpg?v=1756217860","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/mercy-9781640097070","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}