{"product_id":"mr-peanut-9780307454904","title":"Mr. Peanut","description":"A\u003ci\u003e New York Times \u003c\/i\u003eNoteable Book \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMesmerizing, exhilarating, and profoundly moving, \u003ci\u003eMr. Peanut \u003c\/i\u003eis a police procedural of the soul, a poignant investigation of the relentlessly mysterious human heart. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDavid Pepin has been in love with his wife, Alice, since the moment they met in a university seminar on Alfred Hitchcock. After thirteen years of marriage, he still can't imagine a remotely happy life without her--yet he obsessively contemplates her demise. Soon she \u003ci\u003eis\u003c\/i\u003e dead, and David is both deeply distraught and the prime suspect. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe detectives investigating Alice's suspicious death have plenty of personal experience with conjugal enigmas: Ward Hastroll is happily married until his wife inexplicably becomes voluntarily and militantly bedridden; and Sam Sheppard is especially sensitive to the intricacies of marital guilt and innocence, having decades before been convicted and then exonerated of the brutal murder of \u003ci\u003ehis \u003c\/i\u003ewife. Like the Escher drawings that inspire the computer games David designs for a living, these complex, interlocking dramas are structurally and emotionally intense, subtle, and intriguing; they brilliantly explore the warring impulses of affection and hatred, and pose a host of arresting questions. Is it possible to know anyone fully, \u003ci\u003ecompletely\u003c\/i\u003e?\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eAre murder and marriage two sides of the same coin, each endlessly recycling into the other? And what, in the end, is the truth about love?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Vintage\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/19\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780307454904\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 464\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.05lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.10w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e Flaherty-Dunnan First Novel Prize - Finalist\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/08\/2011 pg. 24\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/21\/2014 pg. 41\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBookPage\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/01\/2010\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Adam Ross","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42935354622133,"sku":"9780307454904","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_0dc70773-c535-4993-8c2c-2b5c33ce0e3c.jpg?v=1688487808","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/mr-peanut-9780307454904","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}