{"product_id":"about-schmidt-a-novel-ballantine-readers-circle-1","title":"About Schmidt: A Novel (Ballantine Reader's Circle)","description":"\"A fine new novel... The great pleasure of reading Louis Begley [is] his exceptional literary intelligence.\"\nThe New York Times Book Review\n\n\"Begley again demonstrates that he can reveal the complexities of society and personality with a clear eye and graceful style... Morethan meets the requirements of graceful fiction.\"\nTime\n\nProud, traditional, and impeccably organized, Albert Schmidt is a button-down lawyer of the old school. But now, after years of carefulmanagement, his life is slowly unraveling. His beloved wife has recently died. He stumbles--or is he being pushed?--into earlyretirement. And his daughter, his only child, is planning to marry a man Schmidt cannot approve of, for reasons he can scarcely admit, even to himself. As Schmidt gropes for resolutions, he finds unexpected hope in an intense passion that comes out of the blue.\n\nSet in the Hamptons and Manhattan, infused with black humor and startling eroticism, About Schmidt is both a meditation on lonelinessand on the power of romance to unlock the most impenetrable recesses of the heart.\n\n\"Comical, tough, unsparing; it is as if Louis Auchincloss had exchanged the kid gloves for brass knuckles... Interesting and nervy.\"\nThe Washington Post Book World\n\n\"A powerful story of a man's fall from grace... The Remains of the Day come[s] to mind.\"\nPublishers Weekly (starred review)\n\n\"Stunning.\"\nLos Angeles Times Book Review\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 0449911160\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: RDV.0449911160.G\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Begley, Louis\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: This book is in good condition with very minimal damage. Pages may have minimal notes or highlighting. Cover image on the book may vary from photo. Ships out quickly in a secure plastic mailer.  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Reliant Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47506973851825,"sku":"RDV.0449911160.G","price":6.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0544\/8872\/7729\/files\/0449911160-0_379c558f-abae-4f76-bd71-50997caa692f.jpg?v=1781892558","url":"https:\/\/www.reliantbookstore.com\/products\/about-schmidt-a-novel-ballantine-readers-circle-1","provider":"Reliant Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}