{"product_id":"percival-everett-by-virgil-russell","title":"Percival Everett By Virgil Russell","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFinalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFinalist for the PEN \/ Faulkner Award for Fiction\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePercival Everett by Virgil Russell\u003c\/i\u003e is a story inside a story inside a story. A man visits his ageing father in a nursing home, where his father writes the novel he imagines his son would write. Or is it the novel that the son imagines his father would imagine, if he were to imagine the kind of novel the son would write?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNot only is \u003ci\u003ePercival Everett by Virgil Russell \u003c\/i\u003ea powerful, compassionate meditation on old age and its humiliations, it is an ingenious culmination of Everett’s recurring preoccupations. All of his prior work, his metaphysical and philosophical enquiries, his investigations into the nature of narrative, have led to this masterful book.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart of the Picador Collection, a series celebrating fifty years of Picador books and showcasing the best of modern literature.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRead Percival''s Booker Prize-shortlisted novel \u003ci\u003eJames\u003c\/i\u003e in paperback now.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57394634293630,"sku":"NW9781035036523","price":9.4,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9781035036523.jpg?v=1778632421","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/products\/percival-everett-by-virgil-russell","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}