{"product_id":"mr-peanut-paperback","title":"Mr. Peanut - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAdam Ross\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA\u003ci\u003e New York Times \u003c\/i\u003eNoteable Book \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMesmerizing, exhilarating, and profoundly moving, \u003ci\u003eMr. Peanut \u003c\/i\u003eis a police procedural of the soul, a poignant investigation of the relentlessly mysterious human heart. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDavid Pepin has been in love with his wife, Alice, since the moment they met in a university seminar on Alfred Hitchcock. After thirteen years of marriage, he still can't imagine a remotely happy life without her--yet he obsessively contemplates her demise. Soon she \u003ci\u003eis\u003c\/i\u003e dead, and David is both deeply distraught and the prime suspect. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe detectives investigating Alice's suspicious death have plenty of personal experience with conjugal enigmas: Ward Hastroll is happily married until his wife inexplicably becomes voluntarily and militantly bedridden; and Sam Sheppard is especially sensitive to the intricacies of marital guilt and innocence, having decades before been convicted and then exonerated of the brutal murder of \u003ci\u003ehis \u003c\/i\u003ewife. Like the Escher drawings that inspire the computer games David designs for a living, these complex, interlocking dramas are structurally and emotionally intense, subtle, and intriguing; they brilliantly explore the warring impulses of affection and hatred, and pose a host of arresting questions. Is it possible to know anyone fully, \u003ci\u003ecompletely\u003c\/i\u003e?\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eAre murder and marriage two sides of the same coin, each endlessly recycling into the other? And what, in the end, is the truth about love?\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eAdam Ross lives in Nashville, Tennessee, with his wife and their two daughters. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ewww.adam-ross.com\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 464\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 8 x 5.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 19, 2011\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAward:\u003c\/strong\u003e Flaherty-Dunnan First Novel Prize (2010)\u003c\/div\u003e\n                ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52918294741299,"sku":"9780307454904","price":27.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/Zm4vbmpGbVBKd1NKM1QrOTFURG9pZz09.webp?v=1767426949","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/mr-peanut-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}