{"product_id":"the-ghost-clause-9780358305620","title":"The Ghost Clause","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eNational Book Award finalist Howard Norman delivers another \"provocative . . . haunting\"* novel, this time set in a Vermont village and featuring a missing child, a newly married private detective, and a highly relatable ghost.\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e *Janet Maslin, \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Simon Inescort is no longer bodily present in his marriage. It's been several months since he keeled over the rail of a Nova Scotia-bound ferry, a massive heart attack to blame. Simon's widow, Lorca Pell, has sold their farmhouse to newlyweds Zachary and Muriel--after revealing that the deed contains a \"ghost clause,\" an actual legal clause, not unheard of in Vermont, allowing for reimbursement if a recently purchased home turns out to be haunted. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In fact, Simon finds himself still at home: \"Every waking moment, I'm astonished I have any consciousness . . . What am I to call myself now, a revenant?\" He spends time replaying his marriage in his own mind, as if in poignant reel-to-reel, while also engaging in occasionally intimate observation of the new homeowners. But soon the crisis of a missing child, a local eleven-year-old, threatens the tenuous domestic equilibrium, as the weight of the case falls to Zachary, a rookie private detective with the Green Mountain Agency. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Ghost Clause\u003c\/em\u003e is a heartrending, affirming portrait of two marriages--one in its afterlife, one new and erotically charged--and of the Vermont village life that sustains and remakes them.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHOWARD NORMAN's novels \u003ci\u003eThe Northern Lights\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Bird Artist\u003c\/i\u003e were both nominated for National Book Awards. He is the author, most recently, of \u003ci\u003eWhat Is Left the Daughter\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eMy Darling Detective.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Mariner Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50514073387282,"sku":"9780358305620","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_dd905ba6-32f9-46e6-970e-0e2f1928655b.jpg?v=1730972482","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-ghost-clause-9780358305620","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}