{"product_id":"mr-bridge-9781593760601","title":"Mr. Bridge","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe classic novel about a repressed upper-middle-class husband in the American Midwest, by a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling and Man Booker Prize winning author.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWalter Bridge is an ambitious Kansas City lawyer who redoubles his efforts and time at the office whenever he senses that his family needs something--even when what they need is more of him and less of his money. Affluence, material assets, and comforts create a cocoon of respectability that cloaks the void within--not the skeleton in the closet but a black hole swallowing the whole household. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTogether with its companion, \u003ci\u003eMrs. Bridge\u003c\/i\u003e, this novel is a classic portrait of a man, a marriage, and the manners and mores of a particular social class in the first half of twentieth-century America. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A small masterpiece.\" --Joyce Carol Oates \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Mr. and Mrs. Bridge are forever human, forever vulnerable, forever pitiable. In spare, whimsical, ironic prose, Connell exposes each and every one of their wrinkles and then, in the end, offers them to us as human beings to be cherished.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEvan S. Connell\u003c\/b\u003e was the author of eighteen books, including \u003ci\u003eFrancisco Goya\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDeus Lo Volt!, \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eMrs. Bridge, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eSon of the Morning Star\u003c\/i\u003e. He received numerous awards, including the \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e Book Prize, the Pushcart Prize, a Guggenheim fellowship, and an award in literature from the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters. He lived and worked in Santa Fe, New Mexico.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Counterpoint LLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50505348710674,"sku":"9781593760601","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_624fb235-9678-43fc-a086-a44cea35fec9.jpg?v=1730838369","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/mr-bridge-9781593760601","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}