{"product_id":"i-should-be-extremely-happy-in-your-company-isbn-9780142003718","title":"I Should Be Extremely Happy in Your Company","description":"\u003cb\u003eA sweeping, gorgeously written novel of Lewis and Clark's legendary expedition, named one of the best novels of the year by \u003ci\u003eThe Boston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSalon\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Los Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Christian Science Monitor\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBrian Hall’s compulsively readable novel vividly re-creates Lewis and Clark’s extraordinary journey into the unknown western frontier. Focusing on the emblematic moments of the participants’ lives, the story unfolds through the perspectives of four competing voices—from the troubled and mercurial figure of Meriwether Lewis, the expedition leader who found that it was impossible to enter paradise without having it crumble around him, to Sacagawea, the Shoshone girl-captive and interpreter for the expedition, whose short life mirrored the disruptive times in which she lived. Bringing the day-to-day life of the expedition alive as no work of history ever could, Hall’s magnificent novel fills in the gaps and provides a new perspective on the most famous journey in American history.“Artful layering and flawless pacing transform a monolithic legend into a quixotic, heartbreaking story, one you enter rather than salute.” —\u003cb\u003eThe Boston Globe\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Hall, a spellbinding prose stylist, writes with the kind of ethereal poetic sweep found in the historical novels of Michael Ondaatje and Wallace Stegner.” —\u003cb\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Fascinating, multifaceted . . . Hall’s magnum opus of a historical novel makes hugely enterprising use of firsthand accounts of the pioneering journey.” —\u003cb\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/b\u003eBrian Hall is the author of three novels, including \u003cb\u003eI Should Be Extremely Happy in Your Company\u003c\/b\u003e, his acclaimed story of the Lewis and Clark expedition, as well as three works of nonfiction.","brand":"Penguin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46300793995493,"sku":"NP9780142003718","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780142003718.jpg?v=1767729704","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/i-should-be-extremely-happy-in-your-company-isbn-9780142003718","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}