{"product_id":"a-french-novel-9780007371372","title":"A French Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003eArrested for snorting cocaine off a car bonnet, award-winning author and quintessential dilettante Frédéric Beigbeder reflects on his troubled childhood, while spending a night in police custody.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eConfined to a cell, Frédéric Beigbeder's seeks escape in his childhood memories, only to discover he can recall just one.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom this, he reconstructs both his past and that of his family; the glamour of Sixties Paris and his father's playboy life in New York, so distinct from the experiences of his soldier grandfather, whose lifespan Frédéric has now exceeded.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHis arrest all over the tabloids, Frédéric wonders if the time has come to grow up. 'A French Novel' is a belated coming-of-age tale, profoundly tender and charmingly ironic.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Frédéric Beigbeder\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Fourth Estate\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/30\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.59lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.81h x 5.06w x 0.76d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780007371372\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFr?d?ric Beigbeder was born in 1965 and lives in Paris. He works as a publisher, literary critic and broadcaster.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Fourth Estate","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43093302837363,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":24.13,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_ec821391-4524-4887-9b71-632d89fe42be.jpg?v=1748526084","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/a-french-novel-9780007371372","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}