{"product_id":"clue-to-the-exit-9781250046031","title":"Clue to the Exit","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA beautifully modulated novel that shows Edward St. Aubyn at his sparkling best\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCharlie Fairburn, successful screenwriter, ex-husband, and absent father, has been given six months to live. He resolves to stake half his fortune on a couple of turns of the roulette wheel and, to his agent's disgust, to write a novel-about death. In the casino he meets his muse. Charlie grows as addicted to writing fiction as she is to gambling. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHis novel is set on a train and involves a group of characters (familiar to readers of St. Aubyn's earlier work) who are locked in a debate about the nature of consciousness. As this train gets stuck at Didcot, and Charlie gets more passionately entangled with the dangerous Angelique, \u003ci\u003eA Clue to the Exit\u003c\/i\u003e comes to its startling climax. Exquisitely crafted, witty, and thoughtful, Edward St. Aubyn's dazzling novel probes the very heart of being.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Picador Paper\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/01\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781250046031\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.50w x 0.50d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal Prepub Alert\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/01\/2015 pg. 62\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/15\/2015 pg. 19\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/15\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/2015 pg. 27\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2015 pg. 96\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/06\/2015 pg. 13\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/11\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/13\/2015 pg. 30\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew Yorker (The)\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/07\/2015 pg. 76\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/01\/2015\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Edward St Aubyn","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36648523333788,"sku":"9781250046031","price":13.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_3acca706-95b4-4222-8824-76f0a854045c.jpg?v=1603870282","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/clue-to-the-exit-9781250046031","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}