{"product_id":"observatory-mansions-9780375709234","title":"Observatory Mansions","description":"Once the Orme family's magnificent ancestral estate, Observatory Mansions is now a crumbling apartment complex, home to an eccentric group of misfits. One of them is Francis Orme, who earns his livelihood as a living statue. When not practicing \"inner and outer stillness,\" Francis steals the cherished possessions of others to add to his private museum. The other tenants are equally as odd: his mother and father, who haven't interacted in years; a man who continually sweats and cries; a recluse who prefers television to reality; and a woman who behaves like a dog. When Anna Tapp arrives among them she stirs their souls, bringing long forgotten memories to the surface-and arousing fears that this new resident intends to provoke a metamorphosis. \u003cbr\u003eReminiscent of Beckett, Ionesco, and Millhauser but startlingly original, \u003cb\u003eObservatory Mansions\u003c\/b\u003e is also unexpectedly beguiling. Upon its publication in England, it was a literary sensation, and John Fowles called it \"easily the most brilliant fiction I've seen this year.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEdward Carey is a playwright. This is his first novel. He lives in London.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Knopf Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50668971262226,"sku":"9780375709234","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_1f3d3d0c-beec-4ad9-9402-ab8c9922d35a.jpg?v=1733753916","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/observatory-mansions-9780375709234","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}