{"product_id":"riven-rock-9780140271669","title":"Riven Rock","description":"\u003cb\u003eNATIONAL BESTSELLER - A \u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES \u003c\/i\u003eNOTABLE BOOK - \"A flamboyant meditation on love in all of its absurdity and all its undeniability\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Mercury News\u003c\/i\u003e) set during America's age of innocence--and against a backdrop of wealth and privilege--from the award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eThe Tortilla Curtain\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"As romantic as it is informative, as colorful as it is convincing. Boyle combines his gift for historical re-creation with his dazzling powers as a storyteller.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe Boston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt is the dawn of the twentieth century when the beautiful, budding feminist Katherine Dexter falls in love with Stanley McCormick, son of a millionaire inventor. The two wed, but before the marriage is consummated, Stanley experiences a nervous breakdown and is diagnosed as a schizophrenic sex maniac. Stanley is locked up in his family's Santa Barbara mansion and forbidden the mere sight of women--above all, his wife. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThroughout her career as a scientist and a suffragette, Katherine's faith never waiters: that, one day, one of the many psychiatrists she hires to try to cure her husband will free him of his demons. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBlending social history with some of the most deliciously dark humor ever written, T.C. Boyle employs his hallmark virtuoso prose to tell the story of a love affair that is as extraordinary as it is unforgettable.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eT. C. Boyle\u003c\/b\u003e is a novelist and regular contributor to \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e. His novels include \u003ci\u003eWorld's End\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Tortilla Curtain\u003c\/i\u003e, and he has also published numerous collections of short stories. A Distinguished Professor of English Emeritus at the University of Southern California, he lives in Santa Barbara.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Penguin Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51175028621586,"sku":"9780140271669","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_eb4aa9b4-dec8-4a8d-b1ec-975151903f1f.jpg?v=1744282037","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/riven-rock-9780140271669","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}