{"product_id":"petty-theft-pascal-girard-9781770461529","title":"Petty Theft","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA hilarious romantic comedy about kleptomania and booklovers\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePascal is in a bad place. He and his longtime girlfriend have just broken up, he's got writer's block, and when he goes out for a run to ease his frazzled nerves, he falls and injures his back so badly that he's strictly forbidden from running. What's an endorphin-loving cartoonist to do? In a bid to distract himself, Pascal throws himself into his other pleasure: reading. And while at the bookstore one day, he spies a young woman picking up his own book. But then she darts out of the shop without paying. Bemused, he decides to figure out why she did it.\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003ePetty Theft\u003c\/i\u003e is a comedy of errors, a laugh-out-loud account of a man on a mission, and a testament to the addictiveness of book ownership. Pascal Girard intermingles an all-too-true-to-life snapshot of contemporary relationships with slapstick trials and dryly funny tribulations in this delightfully readable book.\u003cbr\u003e From the award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eReunion\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePetty Theft \u003c\/i\u003eis a deftly told, finely drawn contemporary romance that will keep booklovers on the edge of their seats from the first page until the denouement.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Pascal Girard\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1770461523\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781770461529\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Drawn \u0026amp; Quarterly\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/27\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 100\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.57lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.37h x 5.88w x 0.43d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/17\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/15\/2014 pg. 46","brand":"Pascal Girard","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44450199732479,"sku":"9781770461529","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_55a050aa-9606-48c4-9522-e8881182ab67.jpg?v=1698503368","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/petty-theft-pascal-girard-9781770461529","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}