{"product_id":"9780241202869","title":"A Calling for Charlie Barnes","description":"\u003cp\u003e Author(s): Ferris, Joshua \u003cbr\u003e Binding: Hardback, \u003cbr\u003e Date of Publication: 16\/09\/2021,\u003cbr\u003e Pagination: 352 pages,\u003cbr\u003e ISBN13\\EAN\\SKU: 9780241202869,\u003cbr\u003e Description: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the Booker-shortlisted author of To Rise Again at a Decent Hour comes a hilarious novel about fathers, sons, thwarted dreams and confronting the reality of who we really are'This is a fine American novel about family, love, and a decent but flawed man trying to be better. In dark times like these, I can't recommend this book too highly. It's strong' Stephen King on TwitterCharlie Barnes is a mid-century man devoted to his newspaper and his landline. But Charlie is about to get dragged into our troubled age by his storyteller son, who has a different idea of him than he has of himself. Then there are his other children, his ex-wives, present wife, business clients, friends and acquaintances, all of whom have their competing opinions of Charlie.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe certainly seems simple enough: he's a striver, a romantic, and a thoroughgoing capitalist. But suddenly blindsided by the Great Recession and a dose of bad news, he might have to rethink his life from top to bottom, and on short notice. What makes a man real? What makes him good? And how does the story we tell about ourselves line up with the lives that we actually live?'Funny, moving, and formally a work of genius, A Calling for Charlie Barnes is quite literally the book Joshua Ferris was born to write' Garth Risk Hallberg, author of City on Fire'Dazzling. Mind-blowing. About as much fun as you can have without risking arrest' Richard Russo, author of Empire Falls'Wonderful: fast and deep, urgent and brilliant . . . A hilarious, intimate, and scathing takedown of so many American vanities' Dana Spiotta, author of Stone Arabia\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Griffin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39449589350444,"sku":"9780241202869","price":14.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0379\/1365\/7388\/files\/9780241202869.jpg?v=1759658013","url":"https:\/\/www.griffinbooksonline.co.uk\/products\/9780241202869","provider":"Griffin Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}