{"product_id":"9781529115086","title":"The Souvenir Museum","description":"Author: McCracken, Elizabeth\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781529115086\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: RANDOM HOUSE UK\u003cbr\u003eYear First Published: 2023\u003cbr\u003ePages: 256\u003cbr\u003eDimensions: 196mm x 130mm x 17mm\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDescription: \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eOne of the most acclaimed writers of our day, award-winning author Elizabeth McCracken is an undisputed virtuoso of the short story, and this new collection features her most vibrant and heartrending work to date.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'One of my favourite writers' Nick Hornby\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOne of the most acclaimed writers of our day, award-winning author Elizabeth McCracken is an undisputed virtuoso of the short story, and this new collection features her most vibrant and heartrending work to date.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA recent widower and his adult son ferry to a craggy Scottish island in search of puffins. An actress who plays a children's game-show villainess ushers in the New Year with her deadbeat half-brother. And on a trip to a water park with their son, two fathers each confront a deep-rooted personal fear. With sentences that crackle and spark and showcase her trademark wit, McCracken shows how the mysterious bonds of family are tested, transformed, fractured, and fortified.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'McCracken has a gift for spotting the comic potential in situations many of us have endured... Her prose is stippled with just-so observations' \u003ci\u003eObserver\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'McCracken is a totally assured performer- even seemingly throwaway perceptions are often memorably poetic, and there is a hint of melancholy under the comedy' \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'This incisive, warm-blooded collection of stories is populated by outsiders... McCracken illuminates qualities of human nature through fragments of her characters' lives' \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45065879814302,"sku":"UBD-9781529115086","price":22.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781529115086.jpg?v=1738731238","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781529115086","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}