{"product_id":"the-blood-of-the-lamb-9780226143880","title":"The Blood of the Lamb","description":"The most poignant of all De Vries's novels, \u003ci\u003eThe Blood of the Lamb\u003c\/i\u003e is also the most autobiographical. It follows the life of Don Wanderhop from his childhood in an immigrant Calvinist family living in Chicago in the 1950s through the loss of a brother, his faith, his wife, and finally his daughter-a tragedy drawn directly from De Vries's own life. Despite its foundation in misfortune, \u003ci\u003eThe Blood of the Lamb\u003c\/i\u003e offers glimpses of the comic sensibility for which De Vries was famous. Engaging directly with the reader in a manner that buttresses the personal intimacy of the story, De Vries writes with a powerful blend of grief, love, wit, and fury.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePeter De Vries \u003c\/b\u003e(1910-1993), the man responsible for contributing to the cultural vernacular such witticisms as \"Nostalgia ain't what it used to be\" and \"Deep down, he's shallow,\" was, according to Kingsley Amis, \"the funniest serious writer to be found on either side of the Atlantic.\" But De Vries's life and work was informed as much by sorrow as by wit, and that dynamic is nowhere better seen than in his classics \u003ci\u003eSlouching Towards Kalamazoo\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Blood of the Lamb\u003c\/i\u003e. First published in 1982 and 1965, respectively, these novels reemerge with their sharp satire and biting pain undiluted by time. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"University of Chicago Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50503130513682,"sku":"9780226143880","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_049626a3-3a91-4b9f-8a02-68e1f847e580.jpg?v=1730783496","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-blood-of-the-lamb-9780226143880","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}