{"product_id":"monsieur-jean-philippe-toussaint-9781564785053","title":"Monsieur","description":"The hero of this cool novel is 'Monsieur', a nameless young man whose everyday life is followed in precise detail during the course of the narrative. Almost incidentally we discover that Monsieur has an executive job and a secretary; that he is rejected by his fianc馥 but is championed by her parents; that he unwillingly types out his neighbour's scientific treatise and attends parties with (self-) important people; and that he has a brother and twin nieces aged six to whom he tries to explain the great verities of life while babysitting. Monsieur is solitary and observant: he muses on everything from his \u003ci\u003eRotring\u003c\/i\u003e pen to the arrangement of the stars in the night sky over Paris. His universe is described with a combination of blandness and wit that turns the ordinary into wondrous oddity. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jean-Philippe Toussaint\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 156478505X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781564785053\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Dalkey Archive Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/01\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 102\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.25lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 6.80h x 5.00w x 0.40d","brand":"Jean-Philippe Toussaint","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43980100665599,"sku":"9781564785053","price":12.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_583d109f-675a-47d2-9804-56f519d1fe69.jpg?v=1683248395","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/monsieur-jean-philippe-toussaint-9781564785053","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}