{"product_id":"echo-house-paperback","title":"Echo House - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eWard Just\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA FINALIST FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD \u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Will be read in a century's time be anyone seeking to understand how we lived.\"--\u003cem\u003eDetroit Free Press\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"A master American novelist.\" --\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eVanity Fair\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e An epic chronicle of three generations of Washington power brokers and the women who loved them (except when they didn't), \u003cem\u003e Echo House\u003c\/em\u003e is Ward Just's masterpiece. \u003cem\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/em\u003e described it as \"a fascinating if ultimately painful fairy tale, complete with a family curse. The decline of the Behls represents the decline of Washington from the bright dawn of the American century into the gathering shadows of an alien new millennium.\" \u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eWard Just is the author of fourteen previous novels, including the National book Award finalist Echo House and An Unfinished Season, winner of the Chicago Tribune's Heartland Award. In a career that began as a war correspondent for Newsweek and the Washington Post, Just has lived and written in half a dozen countries, including Britain, France, and Vietnam. His characters often lead public lives as politicians, civil servants, soldiers, artists, and writers. It is the tension between public duty and private conscience that animates much of his fiction, including Forgetfulness. Just and his wife, Sarah Catchpole, divide their time between Martha's Vineyard and Paris.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 336\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 8.4 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 15, 1997\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42133976940679,"sku":"9780395901380","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/4a6733ee6bc05d55e3c20334092732d4.webp?v=1732638164","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/echo-house-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}