{"product_id":"the-award-matthew-pearl-9780063445284","title":"The Award","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Grips the reader and never lets go\"--\u003ci\u003eBoston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eThe Award\u003c\/i\u003e begins as a wryly funny satire of thwarted literary ambition but quickly evolves into something darker and more disturbing. Matthew Pearl's addictive and propulsive novel has the twisted nightmare logic of a Patricia Highsmith thriller.\"--Tom Perrotta, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author of \u003ci\u003eTracy Flick Can't Win\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eMrs. Fletcher\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Dante Club\u003c\/i\u003e comes the word-of-mouth sensation, a thrilling, twisty story about a young writer trying to make his way through a cutthroat literary scene with life-and-death stakes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDavid Trent is an aspiring novelist hoping to make a name for himself in Cambridge, Massachusetts, a place where ambitious writers lurk around every corner.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe lives in an apartment above a Very Famous Author named Silas Hale, who, behind his celebrated image, is . . . haughty and disdainful, definitely not of the mentor variety. Until David wins a prestigious award for his new book.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSilas is at last interested . . . and jealous. But soon the administrator of the award comes to David with alarming news, which forces the writer into a set of desperate choices. Then fate intervenes--and nothing can ever go back to normal.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith the wit and psychological wisdom of Jean Hanff Korelitz's bestselling \u003ci\u003eThe Plot\u003c\/i\u003e and Teddy Wayne's \u003ci\u003eThe Winner, The Award \u003c\/i\u003eis a timely, razor-sharp, and unputdownable novel about secrets, ambition, human foibles, and the dangerous things we will do to get ahead.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Matthew Pearl\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 006344528X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780063445284\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Harper Perennial\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/08\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback","brand":"Matthew Pearl","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49001224536319,"sku":"9780063445284","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-award-matthew-pearl-9780063445284","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}