{"product_id":"three-delays-9780061859458","title":"Three Delays","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Mind-blowing... This isn't Smith's first tale of toxic and nihilistic obsession, but it is his most ravishing, painfully funny, and wildly mythic.\" -- \u003cem\u003eBooklist\u003c\/em\u003e (starred review) \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Smith is not only a spectacular stylist but also a visionary.\" --\u003cem\u003eWashington Post Book World\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom Charlie Smith (\u003cem\u003eCheap Ticket to Heaven, Chimney Rock, Shine Hawk\u003c\/em\u003e), author of three \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e Notable Books and a literary stylist whose \"writing can make the mountains ring\" (\u003cem\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/em\u003e), comes his first novel in more than a decade, \u003cem\u003eThree Delays\u003c\/em\u003e, which follows the troubled lives of two lovers as they combat their passions and each other. In the words of James Dickey, \"Writers after Charlie Smith will have to take him into account, but I doubt if any will equal or surpass him.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSmith, Charlie:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eCharlie Smith is the author of eight novels and eight books of poetry. He has won numerous awards, grants, and fellowships, including the Aga Khan Prize, the Levinson Prize, the J. Howard and Barbara M. J. Wood Prize, a Guggenheim Fellowship, and a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts. His writing has appeared in numerous publications, including the \u003cem\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/em\u003e, the \u003cem\u003eParis Review\u003c\/em\u003e, and the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e. Five of his books have been named as \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e Notable Books of the Year or as Editors' Choices. He lives in New York City.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Perennial","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51967108546834,"sku":"9780061859458","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_dabcdb86-869b-4288-859f-b02144566b27.jpg?v=1768925983","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/three-delays-9780061859458","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}