{"product_id":"the-algonquin-reader-6","title":"The Algonquin Reader","description":"\u003cdiv\u003eGet an inside look at Algonquin’s outstanding forthcoming fiction with the Fall 2015 \u003ci\u003eAlgonquin Reader. \u003c\/i\u003eDiscover the inspiration behind each book through an original essay by the author. Then enjoy a free preview of each novel.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis Is Your Life, Harriet Chance!\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e by Jonathan Evison\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e On Sale September 8, 2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “Once again, Jonathan Evison dazzles . . . \u003ci\u003eThis Is Your Life, Harriet Chance!\u003c\/i\u003e is as sweet as it is inventive, profound as it is hilarious, unflinching as it is bighearted.” —Maria Semple, author of \u003ci\u003eWhere’d You Go, Bernadette\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Muralist\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e by B. A. Shapiro\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e On Sale November 3, 2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “Shapiro once again pens the art world into vivid, sensual life. If you liked \u003ci\u003eThe Art Forger\u003c\/i\u003e, you're going to love \u003ci\u003eThe Muralist\u003c\/i\u003e!” —Lisa Genova, author of \u003ci\u003eStill Alice\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Last September \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eby Nina de Gramont\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e On Sale September 15, 2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “A moody murder mystery . . . De Gramont's latest boasts lovely, understated writing, sharply drawn settings--Boulder, Amherst, and Cape Cod--and, once again, characters who are irresistibly attractive, flawed, and dangerous . . . But it is also an emotionally intense study of how a transcendent love becomes a fraying marriage . . . A fine literary whodunit from an accomplished storyteller.” —\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eAnd West Is West \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eby Ron Childress\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e On Sale October 13, 2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “This compelling debut novel, which won the PEN\/Bellwether Prize for Socially Engaged Fiction, dramatically examines the insidious role unrestrained technology plays in the moral and ethical corruption of people, institutions, and government . . . This is an excellent, suspenseful story.” —\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eOnly Love Can Break Your Heart \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eby Ed Tarkington\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e On Sale January 5, 2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “Kept me turning pages enthralled. \u003ci\u003eOnly Love Can Break Your Heart\u003c\/i\u003e is part \u003ci\u003eThe Graduate\u003c\/i\u003e, part southern gothic dysfunctional family, part \u003ci\u003eEdisto\u003c\/i\u003e, part \u003ci\u003eThe Moviegoer\u003c\/i\u003e. It’s all Ed Tarkington, though. Funny, desperate, sad, tender, suspenseful, intelligent, insightful, and full of nothing but heart, heart, heart.” —George Singleton, author of \u003ci\u003eBetween Wrecks\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Fall of Princes\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e by Robert Goolrick\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e On Sale August 25, 2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “A heart-wrenching, beautiful, darkly comic, deeply necessary tale that stuns again and again with razor-sharp prose and glittering wit. Goolrick is, without question, one of the greatest storytellers of our time.” —Téa Obreht, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Tiger's Wife\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCover art by Melinda Beck\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Workman Publishing","offers":[{"title":"9781616206321","offer_id":22024155335,"sku":"9781616206321","price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1210\/1100\/products\/9781616206321.jpg?v=1541540344","url":"https:\/\/workman-feed-prod.myshopify.com\/products\/the-algonquin-reader-6","provider":"zzz_Workman Publishing","version":"1.0","type":"link"}