{"product_id":"9781529115086","title":"The Souvenir Museum","description":"\u003cp\u003e Author(s): McCracken, Elizabeth \u003cbr\u003e Binding: Paperback, \u003cbr\u003e Date of Publication: 26\/01\/2023,\u003cbr\u003e Pagination: 256 pages,\u003cbr\u003e ISBN13\\EAN\\SKU: 9781529115086,\u003cbr\u003e Description: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'One of my favourite writers' Nick HornbyOne of the most acclaimed writers of our day, award-winning author Elizabeth McCracken is an undisputed virtuoso of the short story, and this new collection features her most vibrant and heartrending work to date.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA recent widower and his adult son ferry to a craggy Scottish island in search of puffins. An actress who plays a children's game-show villainess ushers in the New Year with her deadbeat half-brother. And on a trip to a water park with their son, two fathers each confront a deep-rooted personal fear. With sentences that crackle and spark and showcase her trademark wit, McCracken shows how the mysterious bonds of family are tested, transformed, fractured, and fortified.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'McCracken has a gift for spotting the comic potential in situations many of us have endured... Her prose is stippled with just-so observations' Observer'McCracken is a totally assured performer: even seemingly throwaway perceptions are often memorably poetic, and there is a hint of melancholy under the comedy' Sunday Times'This incisive, warm-blooded collection of stories is populated by outsiders... McCracken illuminates qualities of human nature through fragments of her characters' lives' New Yorker\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Griffin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43187642662956,"sku":"9781529115086","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0379\/1365\/7388\/files\/9781529115086.jpg?v=1713514861","url":"https:\/\/www.griffinbooksonline.co.uk\/products\/9781529115086","provider":"Griffin Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}