{"product_id":"banal-nightmare-9781399618212","title":"Banal Nightmare","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cblockquote\u003eZadie Smith and David Sedaris praise Butler's sense of humor, and Margaret Anne (Moddie) Yance returns to her hometown to recover from a stressful decade. She joins her old friends, but when a mysterious artist arrives, she must confront her past and grapple with the reality of her life. \u003c\/blockquote\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat\u003c\/strong\u003e: Hardback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLength\u003c\/strong\u003e: 336 pages\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublication date\u003c\/strong\u003e: 01 August 2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: Orion Publishing Co\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eZADIE SMITH: Butler's sense of humor should be studied and celebrated.\u003cbr\u003eDAVID SEDARIS: Margaret Anne (Moddie) Yance has just returned to her hometown to mingle with the friends of her youth, to get back in touch with her roots, and to recover from a stressful decade of living in the city in a small apartment with a man she now believed to be a megalomaniac or perhaps a covert narcissist.\u003cbr\u003eBack home, Moddie throws herself at the mercy of her old friends, all suddenly tipping toward middle age. She joins them as they go to parties, size each other up, obsess over past slights, dream of wild triumphs, and indulge in elaborate revenge fantasies.\u003cbr\u003eBut when a mysterious artist arrives in town to take up a residency at the local university, Moddie has no choice but to confront the demons of her past and grapple with the reality of what her life has become.\u003cbr\u003eThe inimitable Halle Butler, author of The New Me, returns with a novel that is sadistically precise, completely singular, and horribly funny.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWeight\u003c\/strong\u003e: 430g\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDimension\u003c\/strong\u003e: 145 x 225 x 33 (mm)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: 9781399618212\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Halle Butler","offers":[{"title":"Hardback","offer_id":46513999970554,"sku":"9781399618212","price":14.28,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0522\/4297\/2845\/files\/1722694872069_book.jpg?v=1722761220","url":"https:\/\/shulphink.com\/products\/banal-nightmare-9781399618212","provider":"Shulph Ink","version":"1.0","type":"link"}