{"product_id":"the-exquisite-9781566891875","title":"The Exquisite","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Strange, original, and utterly brilliant--Laird Hunt is one of the most talented young writers on the American scene today.\"--Paul Auster\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHenry, a New Yorker left destitute by circumstance and obsession, is plucked from vagrancy by a shadowy outfit whose primary business is arranging for staged murders of anxiety-ridden clients unhinged by the \"events downtown\" and seeking to -experience--and live through--their own carefully executed assassinations. When Henry joins this nefarious crew, which includes a beautiful blonde tattooist named Tulip, contortionist twins, and a woman referred to only as \"the knockout,\" he becomes inextricably linked to its ringleader, the mysterious herring connoisseur Mr. Kindt, whose identity can be traced through twists and turns all the way back to the corpse depicted in Rembrandt's \u003ci\u003eThe Anatomy Lesson.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMirrored by a concurrently running story set in a hospital where Henry and Mr. Kindt are patients attended to by a certain Dr. Tulp, the mysteries surrounding Mr. Kindt's past, Henry's fate, and murders both staged and real begin to unravel in the most extraordinary ways. Substantive, stylish, and darkly comic, \u003ci\u003eThe Exquisite\u003c\/i\u003e is a skillful dissection of reality, human connection, and the very nature of existence.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Coffee House Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/01\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781566891875\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 246\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.58lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.66h x 6.40w x 0.77d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/12\/2006 pg. 26\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/15\/2006 pg. 593\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/01\/2006 pg. 66\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2006 pg. 55\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Laird Hunt","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42753408794805,"sku":"9781566891875","price":14.41,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_ace354c3-39c0-4bd5-9784-39860db549a9.jpg?v=1677594718","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-exquisite-9781566891875","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}