{"product_id":"turn-magic-wheel-9781883642723","title":"Turn, Magic Wheel","description":"Dennis Orphen, in writing a novel, has stolen the life story of his friend, Effie Callingham, the former wife of a famous, Hemingway-like novelist, Andrew Callingham. Orphen's betrayal is not the only one, nor the worst one, in this hilarious satire of the New York literary scene. (Powell personally considered this to be her best New York novel.) Powell takes revenge here on all publishers, and her baffoonish MacTweed is a comic invention worthy of Dickens. And as always in Powell's New York novels, the city itself becomes a central character: \"On the glittering black pavement legs hurried by with umbrella tops, taxis skidded along the curb, their wheels swishing through the puddles, raindrops bounced like dice in the gutter.\" Powell's famous wit was never sharper than here, but \u003ci\u003eTurn, Magic Wheel\u003c\/i\u003e is also one of the most poignant and heart-wrenching of her novels.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Steerforth Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/01\/1999\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781883642723\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.59lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.95h x 5.22w x 0.74d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/21\/1999 pg. 32\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Dawn Powell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52072262238389,"sku":"9781883642723","price":15.26,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_541583b0-173b-44ca-9633-5ce69f3e216a.jpg?v=1764688261","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/turn-magic-wheel-9781883642723","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}