{"product_id":"9781507204054","title":"A Perfect Universe: Ten Stories","description":"\u003cb\u003eScott O’Connor’s novels have been hailed as “astonishing” (\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e), and “so insistently stirring, you want to lean in close to catch every word” (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e). Now, from the author of \u003ci\u003eUntouchable\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eHalf World \u003c\/i\u003ecomes \u003ci\u003eA Perfect Universe\u003c\/i\u003e, a piercingly emotional cycle of stories in the tradition of Jennifer Egan’s \u003ci\u003eA Visit from the Goon Squad\u003c\/i\u003e and Annie Proulx’s \u003ci\u003eClose Range\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWelcome to the often-overlooked corners of sun-bleached Los Angeles, where a teenaged bicycle thief searches for a kidnapped boy, a young musician emerges as the lone survivor of a building collapse, and an aging actor faces the erasure of his past. There, far from the Hollywood spotlight, we also meet two sisters locked in a destructive cycle of memory and illness, coffee-shop regulars whose lives are torn apart by a stunning moment of violence, and the desperate, fraudulent writer whose fictions connect these unforgettable characters in subtle and surprising ways.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eSharply observed, exhilaratingly paced, and beautifully written, \u003ci\u003eA Perfect Universe\u003c\/i\u003e is a masterful exploration of growing up and growing old, loss and longing, identity and deception, and the search for redemption, humanity, and grace.","brand":"Gallery\/Scout Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46359030792433,"sku":"9781507204054","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0674\/5433\/7265\/files\/9781507204054_p0.jpg?v=1765141992","url":"https:\/\/shop.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781507204054","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble","version":"1.0","type":"link"}