{"product_id":"a-conference-of-victims-a-novella-paperback","title":"A Conference of Victims: A Novella - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGina Berriault\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFirst published in 1966, \u003ci\u003eA Conference of Victims\u003c\/i\u003e charts the corrosive power of guilt and loneliness, showing how one terrible act can possess a family\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHal O. Costigan, candidate for Congress, is the kind of man people envy. He has a loving wife, a supportive family, and a devoted mother. Friendly, intelligent, successful, he is a man on the rise--until he is caught in an affair with a high school girl and commits suicide. On election day the reporters have forgotten him, and the radio doesn't mention his name. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAround Hal's hometown, however, a handful of people continue lives that will be forever haunted by his memory. Naomi who is thrown nearly out of her mind by her brother's suicide questions even her own reason for living. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eGina Berriault's work as a storywriter of great psychological empathy and extraordinary elegance and subtlety was celebrated widely at the end of her life and, with this reissue of one of her more celebrated short novels, her work can be discovered by a new generation of readers.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGina Berriault\u003c\/b\u003e was the author of four novels, three short story collections, and several screenplays. She was the recipient of multiple prestigious awards, including the PEN\/Faulkner Award, the National Book Critics Circle Award, the Rea Award for the Short Story, and a gold medal from the California Book Awards. She died in 1999.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 144\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.4 x 8.2 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 25, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42170669662343,"sku":"9781640095960","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/d3f261719537996043abb19bb09e647f.webp?v=1733349888","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/a-conference-of-victims-a-novella-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}