{"product_id":"on-purpose-9780393338263","title":"On Purpose","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eOn Purpose\u003c\/em\u003e examines the often brutal arena of human relations. Informed by both wit and a melancholic undercurrent, the book thoughtfully provokes concepts of happiness and sadness, of warring and reparation. The volume concludes with an affecting sequence about a marriage, inspired by that most influential of military treatises, \u003cem\u003eThe Art of War\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLaird, Nick:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003eNick Laird\u003c\/strong\u003e's work has garnered multiple awards including the Eric Gregory Prize, the Somerset Maugham Award, and a Guggenheim fellowship. \u003cem\u003eFeel Free\u003c\/em\u003e was shortlisted for the T. S. Eliot Prize. Laird is a writer-in-residence at NYU and Chair of Creative Writing (poetry) at Queen's University, Belfast. He lives in New York and Ireland.","brand":"W. W. Norton \u0026 Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50324028490002,"sku":"9780393338263","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_d2967d4c-25da-498d-87f8-26a04cdb6969.jpg?v=1727664758","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/on-purpose-9780393338263","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}