{"product_id":"the-soul-thief-9781400034406","title":"The Soul Thief","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn this extraordinary novel of mischief and menace, we see a young man's very self vanishing before his eyes--from the winner of the PEN\/Malamud Award and \"one of our most gifted writers\" (\u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Entirely original.... So craftily construcyed that to appreciate how liberally Baxter plants creepy hints of what's to come a reader should really savor this book twice.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs a graduate student in upstate New York, Nathaniel Mason is drawn into a tangle of relationships with people who seem to hover just beyond his grasp. There's Theresa, alluring but elusive, and Jamie, who is fickle if not wholly unavailable. But Jerome Coolberg is the most mysterious and compelling. Not only cryptic about himself, he seems also to have appropriated parts of Nathaniel's past that Nathaniel cannot remember having told him about. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eCharles Baxter is the author of the novels \u003ci\u003eThe Feast of Love\u003c\/i\u003e (nominated for the National Book Award), \u003ci\u003eThe Soul Thief, Saul and Patsy, Shadow Play, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eFirst Light, \u003c\/i\u003e and the story collections \u003ci\u003eGryphon, \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eBelievers, A Relative Stranger, Through the Safety Net, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eHarmony of the World\u003c\/i\u003e. The stories \"Bravery\" and \"Charity,\" which appear in \u003ci\u003eThere's Something I Want You to Do, \u003c\/i\u003e were included in \u003ci\u003eBest American Short Stories.\u003c\/i\u003e He has won the PEN\/Malamud Award for Excellence in the Short Story. Baxter lives in Minneapolis and teaches at the University of Minnesota and in the MFA Program for Writers at Warren Wilson College.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Knopf Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50414964998418,"sku":"9781400034406","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_9f515fbb-bd11-440f-ba78-2021902b38d8.jpg?v=1729391904","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-soul-thief-9781400034406","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}