{"product_id":"jernigan-paperback","title":"Jernigan - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDavid Gates\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom Holden Caulfield to Moses Herzog, our best literature has been narrated by malcontents. To this lineage add Peter Jernigan, who views the world with ferocious intelligence, grim rapture, and a chainsaw wit that he turns, with disastrous consequences, on his wife, his teenaged son, his dangerously vulnerable mistress--and, not least of all, on himself. This novel is a bravura performance: a funny, scary, mesmerizing study of a man walking off the edge with his eyes wide open--wisecracking all the way.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eDavid Gates writes about books and music for \u003ci\u003eNewsweek\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives in New York City and in a small town upstate.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 7.9 x 5.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 31, 1992\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42096551854215,"sku":"9780679737131","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/d44596f79187be8d4599e3015d3e55f8.webp?v=1732342601","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/jernigan-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}