{"product_id":"the-end-of-alice-9780684827100","title":"The End of Alice","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom the 2013 Orange Prize-winning author of \u003ci\u003eMay We Be Forgiven\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOnly a work of such searing, meticulously controlled brilliance could provoke such a wide range of visceral responses. Here is the incredible story of an imprisoned pedophile who is drawn into an erotically charged correspondence with a nineteen-year-old suburban coed. As the two reveal--and revel in--their obsessive desires, Homes creates in \u003ci\u003eThe End of Alice\u003c\/i\u003e a novel that is part romance, part horror story, at once unnerving and seductive.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA. M. Homes\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eThis Book Will Save Your Life\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThings You Should Know\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMusic for Torching\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eIn a Country of Mothers\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Safety of Objects\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eJack\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles: People, Places, and the Castle on the Hill\u003c\/i\u003e. Recipient of Guggenheim and NEA Fellowships, she is a \u003ci\u003eVanity Fair\u003c\/i\u003e contributing editor and publishes in \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGranta\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHarper's\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMcSweeney's\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eArtforum\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Scribner Book Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50625542488338,"sku":"9780684827100","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_9fbc54e3-d242-4319-bc01-9b24f6b7c529.jpg?v=1732631675","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-end-of-alice-9780684827100","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}