{"product_id":"flauberts-parrot-isbn-9780679731368","title":"Flaubert's Parrot","description":"\u003cb\u003eBOOKER PRIZE NOMINEE • From the internationally bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Sense of an Ending \u003c\/i\u003ecomes a literary detective story of a retired doctor obsessed with the 19th century French author Flaubert—and with tracking down the stuffed parrot that once inspired him. • “A high literary entertainment carried off with great brio.” —\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJulian Barnes playfully combines a detective story with a character study of its detective, embedded in a brilliant riff on literary genius. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA compelling weave of fiction and imaginatively ordered fact, \u003ci\u003eFlaubert's Parrot\u003c\/i\u003e is by turns moving and entertaining, witty and scholarly, and a tour de force of seductive originality.“A high literary entertainment carried off with great brio.... rich in parody and parrotry, full of insight and wit ... a great success.” —\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eBorn in Leicester in 1946, Julian Barnes is the author of nine novels, a book of   stories, and a collection of essays.  He has won both the Prix Médicis and the Prix   Fémina, and in 1988 was made a Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres.  He   lives in London.","brand":"Vintage","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46301918200037,"sku":"NP9780679731368","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780679731368.jpg?v=1767727447","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/flauberts-parrot-isbn-9780679731368","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}