{"product_id":"the-mannequin-makers-9781571311276","title":"The Mannequin Makers","description":"Excitement is rare in the small town of Marumaru, New Zealand. So when a young Maori man arrives on the morning train one day in 1903--announcing the imminent visit of a famous strongman--the entire town turns out to greet him, save one. Colton Kemp, a department store window-dresser, is at home, watching his beloved wife die in premature childbirth. Tormented by grief, he hatches a plan to make his name and thwart his rival, the silent and gifted Carpenter: over the next sixteen years he will raise his newborn twins in secrecy and isolation, to become human mannequins in the world's most lifelike window display. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e From this moment of calamity emerges a work of masterful storytelling, at once wildly entertaining and formally ambitious. The novel leaps fearlessly from the epistolary to the castaway narrative to the picaresque, as Kemp's plot goes awry and as he, his children, and the Carpenter converge in the New Zealand hinterland. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Mannequin Makers\u003c\/i\u003e is an adventure-filled and thoroughly delightful yarn, introducing Craig Cliff, one of international literature's most promising young talents, to American audiences.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Milkweed Editions\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/26\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781571311276\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.10lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/01\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/02\/2017\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Craig Cliff","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36660143915164,"sku":"9781571311276","price":13.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_d6b21ccb-3ec5-43cc-a7c3-a44a34905752.jpg?v=1603896198","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-mannequin-makers-9781571311276","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}