{"product_id":"know-your-beholder-9780316368919","title":"Know Your Beholder","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom a Pulitzer Prize finalist comes a hilarious and heartbreaking novel about a musician climbing back from rock bottom.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e As winter deepens in snowbound Pollard, Illinois, thirty-something Francis Falbo is holed up in his attic apartment, recovering from a series of traumas: his mother's death, his beloved wife's desertion, and his once-ascendant rock band's irreconcilable break-up. Francis hasn't shaved in months, hasn't so much as changed out of his bathrobe-\"the uniform of a Life in Default\"-for nine days. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Other than the agoraphobia that continues to hold him hostage, all he has left is his childhood home, whose remaining rooms he rents to a cast of eccentric tenants, including a pair of former circus performers whose daughter has gone missing. The tight-knit community has already survived a blizzard, but there is more danger in store for the citizens of Pollard before summer arrives. Francis is himself caught up in these troubles as he becomes increasingly entangled in the affairs of others, with results that are by turns disastrous, hysterical, and ultimately healing. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Fusing consummate wit with the seriousness attending an adulthood gone awry, Rapp has written an uproarious and affecting novel about what we do and where we go when our lives have crumbled around us. Sharp-edged but tenderhearted, \u003ci\u003eKnow Your Beholder\u003c\/i\u003e introduces us to one of the most lovably flawed characters in recent fiction, a man at last able to collect the jagged pieces of his dreams and begin anew, in both life and love. Seldom have our foibles and our efforts to persevere in spite of them been laid bare with such heart and hope.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Adam Rapp\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Little Brown and Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/03\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 6.20w x 1.30d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780316368919\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal Prepub Alert\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/15\/2014 pg. 48\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2015 pg. 38\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/19\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/06\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/20\/2015 pg. 104\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/15\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn acclaimed filmmaker and playwright, \u003cb\u003eAdam Rapp\u003c\/b\u003e was a Pulitzer Prize finalist for his play \u003ci\u003eRed Light Winter\u003c\/i\u003e and is the recipient of the Benjamin H. Danks Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, among other honors. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In addition to his numerous plays, he is the author of the novel \u003ci\u003eThe Year of Endless Sorrows\u003c\/i\u003e and several YA novels, including \u003ci\u003eUnder the Wolf, Under the Dog\u003c\/i\u003e, a finalist for the \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e Book Prize. He lives in New York City.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Little Brown and Company","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":40829675241587,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":30.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_02281714-d58c-492f-923a-3b7977c10afd.jpg?v=1684416032","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/know-your-beholder-9780316368919","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}