{"product_id":"the-night-listener-a-novel-isbn-9780060171438","title":"The Night Listener: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e“With rare authority, humor and stunning grace, Armistead Maupin (Tales of the City) explores the risks and consolations of intimacy while illuminating the mysteries of the storytelling impulse. Noone’s will to make the world more gorgeous, dramatic and satisfying than it is betrays much about the measure of the human heart.”\u003c\/strong\u003e —\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"I'm a fabulist by trade,\" warns Gabriel Noone, a late-night radio storyteller, as he begins to untangle the skeins of his tumultuous life: his crumbling ten-year love affair, his disaffection from his Southern father, his longtime weakness for ignoring reality. Gabriel's most sympathetic listener is Pete Lomax, a thirteen-year-old fan in Wisconsin whose own horrific past has left him wise and generous beyond his years. But when this virtual father-son relationship is rocked by doubt, a desperate search for the truth ensues. Welcome to the complex, vertiginous world of \u003cem\u003eThe Night Listener....\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cdiv align=\"center\"\u003eHere is the much-anticipated new work from one of America's literary icons--a gripping novel of suspense that explores the boundaries of the human heart.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGabriel Noone is a teller of tales, a writer whose cult-hit radio serial \"Noone at Night\" brought him into the homes of millions, including an ailing 13-year-old boy named Pete Lomax. Meeting through extraordinary circumstances, Noone develops a remarkable friendship with Pete, a connection that evolves into a profound mystery that will blur the lines between truth and illusion, and lead Noone to confront all of his relationships--familial, romantic, and erotic--knowledge that will alter his perception of himself and his life forever.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Night Listener\u003c\/em\u003e is Armistead Maupin's most ambitious and daringly imaginative novel, a tale that will challenge and move his many fans as never before \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003e“Maupin’s return to the fictional fold after an eight-year hiatus contains the characteristics we have come to love about the Balzac of the Bay: joys, heartbreaks, offbeat characters, witty dialogue, painful revelations and, of course, just enough sex to titillate.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAtlanta Journal-Constitution\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Maupin's characters are wonderfully alive and memorable, and\u003cem\u003e The Night Listener\u003c\/em\u003e is Maupin's most accomplished work to date.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDenver Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“With rare authority, humor and stunning grace, Maupin (Tales of the City) explores the risks and consolations of intimacy while illuminating the mysteries of the storytelling impulse. Noone’s will to make the world more gorgeous, dramatic and satisfying than it is betrays much about the measure of the human heart.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Maupin is arguably Dickens' nearest stylistic heir to be found in writing today.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Buffalo News\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Readers will be drawn to the novel for Maupin's splendid storytelling skills and his ability to place real people in seemingly ridiculous, exciting situations, and in that they won't be disappointed.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAustin Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"With his new book,\u003cem\u003e The Night Listener\u003c\/em\u003e, humor remains a pivotal element. Yet Maupin has turned a darker, more melancholy corner. His simple narrative style is suddently infused with an emotional complexity.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eRocky Mountain News\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Maupin fills the book with interesting characters and individual scenes of great power. . . . A superior entertainment.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFt. 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