{"product_id":"the-spectator-bird-contemporary-american-fiction","title":"The Spectator Bird (Contemporary American Fiction)","description":"\u003cp\u003eJoe Allston is a retired literary agent who is  in his own words  \"just killing time until time gets around to killing me.\" His parents and his only son are long dead  leaving him with neither ancestors nor descendants  tradition nor ties. His job  trafficking the talent of others  had not been his choice. He passes through life as a spectator. A postcard from a friend causes Allston to return to the journals of a trip he had taken years before  a journey to his mothers birthplace  where hed sought a link with the past. The memories of that trip  both grotesque and poignant  move through layers of time and meaning  and reveal that Joe Allston isnt quite spectator enough. \"Elegant and entertaining . . . Every scene is adroitly staged and each effect precisely acomplished.\" The Atlantic\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44966191956021,"sku":"ByrdShop_0140139400","price":26.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780140139402.jpg?v=1770556857","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-spectator-bird-contemporary-american-fiction","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}