{"product_id":"veronica-9780375727856","title":"Veronica","description":"\u003cb\u003eA finalist for the National Book Award and National Book Critics Circle Award, here is an evocative novel about female friendship in the glittering 1980s.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eOne of the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e's 100 Best Books of the 21st Century - \u003c\/b\u003eOne of \u003ci\u003eThe Atlantic\u003c\/i\u003e's Great American Novels of the Past 100 Years\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Alison and Veronica meet amid the nocturnal glamour of 1980s New York: One is a young model stumbling away from the wreck of her career, the other an eccentric middle-aged office temp. Over the next twenty years their friendship will encompass narcissism and tenderness, exploitation and self-sacrifice, love and mortality. Moving seamlessly from present and past, casting a fierce yet compassionate eye on two eras and their fixations, the result is a work of timeless depth and moral power.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMary Gaitskill is the author of the story collections \u003ci\u003eBad Behavior, Because They Wanted To\u003c\/i\u003e (nominated for a PEN\/Faulkner Award), and \u003ci\u003eDon't Cry, \u003c\/i\u003e and the novels \u003ci\u003eThe Mare, \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eVeronica\u003c\/i\u003e (nominated for a National Book Award) and \u003ci\u003eTwo Girls, Fat and Thin\u003c\/i\u003e. She has received a Guggenheim Fellowship, and her work has appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker, Harper's, Esquire, The Best American Short Stories, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe O. Henry Prize Stories\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50606180237586,"sku":"9780375727856","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_7af5f7c7-271a-40c8-a5b1-71fb18ea78ed.jpg?v=1732290068","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/veronica-9780375727856","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}