{"product_id":"tell-paperback","title":"Tell - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJonathan Buckley\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA novel of intense, flickering intelligence, \u003cem\u003eTell\u003c\/em\u003e is structured as a series of interviews with a woman who worked as a gardener for a wealthy businessman and art collector who has mysteriously disappeared, and may or may not have committed suicide. What might be a gloomy subject is instead alluring, lit from within by a lively deep knowledge of human nature: Buckley's eye for motivations brings to mind a Thomas Hardy for our atomized 21st-century. A thrilling novel of strange, intoxicating immediacy, \u003cem\u003eTell\u003c\/em\u003e carries the pleasures of exciting new gossip enjoyed with a rare old cognac by a crackling fire. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCalling his work \"captivating,\" John Banville has asked: \"Why isn't Jonathan Buckley better known?\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJonathan Buckley's \u003cem\u003eTell \u003c\/em\u003eis a probing, exuberant and complex examination of the ways in which we make stories of our lives and of other people's. Structured as a series of interview transcripts with a woman who worked as a gardener for a wealthy businessman and art collector who has disappeared, and may or may not have committed suicide, it is a thrilling novel of strange, intoxicating immediacy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCalling his work \"captivating,\" John Banville has asked: \"Why isn't Jonathan Buckley better known?\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 160\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.47 x 7.98 x 5.24 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 05, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41730742026375,"sku":"9780811237918","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/7515a8cceb943f0ffb68bf18a66652c6.webp?v=1734095291","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/tell-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}