{"product_id":"spring-9781555976026","title":"Spring","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe US debut from the author of Man Booker Prize Finalist \u003ci\u003eAll That Man Is\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJames is a man with a checkered past--sporadic entrepreneur, one-time film producer, almost a dot-com millionaire--now alone in a flat in Bloomsbury, running a shady horse-racing-tips operation. Katherine is a manager at a luxury hotel, a job she'd intended to leave years ago, and is separated from her husband. The novel unfolds in 2006, at the end of the money-for-nothing years, as a chance meeting leads to an awkward tryst and James tries to make sense of a relationship where \"no\" means \"maybe\" and a \"yes\" can never be taken for granted. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDavid Szalay builds a novel of immense resonance as he cycles though perspectives that add layers of depth to the hesitations, missteps, and tensions as James tries to win Katherine. James's other pursuit is money, and \u003ci\u003eSpring \u003c\/i\u003efollows his investments and schemes, from a half share in a thoroughbred to a suit-and-tie day job he's taken to pay the bills. \u003ci\u003eSpring \u003c\/i\u003eis a sharply tuned novel so nuanced and precise in its psychology that it establishes Szalay as a major talent.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Graywolf Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/17\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781555976026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 259\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.05lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.50w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/01\/2011 pg. 73\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/10\/2011 pg. 31\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/01\/2011 pg. 25\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/17\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/15\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eForeword\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/17\/2011\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"David Szalay","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43644026486965,"sku":"9781555976026","price":12.75,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_51aa45d8-7c34-4cb1-962d-6c8e2626c9ff.jpg?v=1708446089","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/spring-9781555976026","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}