{"product_id":"the-keep-9781400079742","title":"The Keep","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNATIONAL BESTSELLER - \u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Part horror tale, part mystery, part romance ... utterly fantastic.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eO, The Oprah Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cb\u003e-\u003c\/b\u003e T\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003ehe bestselling, award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eA Visit from the Goon Squad\u003c\/i\u003e brilliantly conjures a world from which escape is impossible and where the keep--the tower, the last stand\u003cb\u003e--\u003c\/b\u003eis both everything worth protecting and the very thing that must be surrendered in order to survive. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTwo cousins, irreversibly damaged by a childhood prank, reunite twenty years later to renovate a medieval castle in Eastern Europe. In an environment of extreme paranoia, cut off from the outside world, the men reenact the signal event of their youth, with even more catastrophic results. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAnd as the full horror of their predicament unfolds, a prisoner, in jail for an unnamed crime, recounts an unforgettable story that seamlessly brings the crimes of the past and present into piercing relation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eJennifer Egan\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eis the author of four novels: \u003ci\u003e A Visit from the Goon Squad\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Keep, Look at Me, The Invisible Circus;\u003c\/i\u003e and the story collection \u003ci\u003eEmerald City.\u003c\/i\u003e Her stories have been published in \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker, Harper's Magazine, GQ, Zoetrope, All-Story, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003ePloughshares, \u003c\/i\u003e and her nonfiction appears frequently in \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Magazine.\u003c\/i\u003e She lives with her husband and sons in Brooklyn.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Anchor Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50648994087186,"sku":"9781400079742","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_ec490aba-9154-4053-8637-9dd096065b2b.jpg?v=1733254687","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-keep-9781400079742","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}