{"product_id":"about-schmidt-9780449911167","title":"About Schmidt","description":"\"A fine new novel... The great pleasure of reading Louis Begley  is] his exceptional literary intelligence.\" \u003cbr\u003eThe New York Times Book Review \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Begley again demonstrates that he can reveal the complexities of society and personality with a clear eye and graceful style... Morethan meets the requirements of graceful fiction.\" \u003cbr\u003eTime \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eProud, traditional, and impeccably organized, Albert Schmidt is a button-down lawyer of the old school. But now, after years of carefulmanagement, his life is slowly unraveling. His beloved wife has recently died. He stumbles--or is he being pushed?--into earlyretirement. And his daughter, his only child, is planning to marry a man Schmidt cannot approve of, for reasons he can scarcely admit, even to himself. As Schmidt gropes for resolutions, he finds unexpected hope in an intense passion that comes out of the blue. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSet in the Hamptons and Manhattan, infused with black humor and startling eroticism, About Schmidt is both a meditation on lonelinessand on the power of romance to unlock the most impenetrable recesses of the heart. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Comical, tough, unsparing; it is as if Louis Auchincloss had exchanged the kid gloves for brass knuckles... Interesting and nervy.\" \u003cbr\u003eThe Washington Post Book World \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A powerful story of a man's fall from grace... The Remains of the Day come s] to mind.\"\u003cbr\u003ePublishers Weekly (starred review) \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Stunning.\"\u003cbr\u003eLos Angeles Times Book Review\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Random House Publishing Group\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/08\/1997\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780449911167\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.49lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.04h x 5.18w x 0.65d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/30\/1997 pg. 32\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNY Times Notable Bks of Year\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/1997 pg. 96\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBookPage\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/01\/2002 pg. 31\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Louis Begley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44608320503989,"sku":"9780449911167","price":16.15,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_e27dc1ec-f808-41c0-800a-36bef56151a3.jpg?v=1725374178","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/about-schmidt-9780449911167","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}