{"product_id":"an-absolute-gentleman-isbn-9781582433882","title":"An Absolute Gentleman","description":"A spine–chilling first novel loosely based on the author's real–life relationship with a convicted murderer, \u003ci\u003eAn Absolute Gentleman\u003c\/i\u003e delves, with subtlety and tremendous psychological insight, into a serial killer's mind.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMeet Arthur Bloom: charming guy, small–town English professor, struggling writer, and occasional murderer. In this beautifully articulated debut novel, R. M. Kinder brilliantly channels Arthur's voice to reveal the aberrant thought processes of a surprisingly sympathetic serial killer. Horror arises as it does in real life, in brief hints and disclosures that gradually reveal the complex nature of an all–too–human narrator.\u003cb\u003eR. M. Kinder\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of three prizewinning collections of short fiction, including \u003ci\u003eA Near-Perfect Gift\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of the University of Michigan Press Literary Fiction Award, and \u003ci\u003eSweet Angel Band\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of Helicon Nine Editions’s Willa Cather Fiction Prize. She has also published two novels, \u003ci\u003eAn Absolute Gentleman\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Universe Playing Strings\u003c\/i\u003e. Her prose has appeared in \u003ci\u003ePassages North\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eOther Voices\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNorth American Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, and elsewhere.","brand":"Counterpoint","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46305523826917,"sku":"NP9781582433882","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781582433882.jpg?v=1767721475","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/an-absolute-gentleman-isbn-9781582433882","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}