{"product_id":"the-novelist-a-novel","title":"The Novelist: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Brisk and shockingly witty, exuberantly scatological as well as deeply wise, The Novelist is a delight. Jordan Castro is a rare new talent: an author highly attuned to the traditions he is working within while also offering a refreshingly fun sendup of life beset by the endless scroll.\"—Mary South, author of You Will Never Be Forgotten\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn Jordan Castro’s inventive, funny, and surprisingly tender first novel, we follow a young man over the course of a single morning as he tries and fails to write an autobiographical novel, finding himself instead drawn into the infinite spaces of Twitter, quotidian rituals, and his own mind.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe act of making coffee prompts a reflection on the limits of self-knowledge; an editor’s embarrassing tweet sparks rage at the literary establishment; a meditation on first person versus third examines choice and action; an Instagram post about the ethics of having children triggers mimetic rivalry; the act of doing the dishes is at once ordinary and profound: one of the many small commitments that make up a life of stability.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Novelist: A Novel pays tribute to Nicholson Baker’s The Mezzanine and Thomas Bernhard’s Woodcutters, but in the end is a wholly original novel about language and consciousness, the internet and social media, and addiction and recovery.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Federal Street Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51120581804320,"sku":"9781593767259","price":16.89,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0253\/3811\/8247\/files\/9781593767259.jpg?v=1768257772","url":"https:\/\/federalstreetbooks.com\/products\/the-novelist-a-novel","provider":"Federal Street Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}