{"product_id":"the-paul-chowder-chronicles-nicholson-baker-9780399172595","title":"The Paul Chowder Chronicles: The Anthologist","description":"\u003cb\u003eTOGETHER FOR THE FIRST TIME, BOTH OF NICHOLSON BAKER'S BRILLIANT NOVELS FEATURING BELOVED HERO AND POET PAUL CHOWDER\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003enotable book and a national bestseller, Nicholson Baker's \u003ci\u003eThe Anthologist \u003c\/i\u003eintroduces his quirkiest and most unforgettable protagonist yet, the \"erudite, unpretentious, and often hilarious\" (\u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e) Paul Chowder. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eChowder really needs to write an introduction to his new anthology of verse, \u003ci\u003eOnly Rhyme\u003c\/i\u003e--it's the first work his editor has sent him in months--but he's having a hard time getting started. Not only is his career floundering, but his girlfriend, Roz, just moved out. Perhaps unsurprisingly, Chowder can't keep his mind from drifting to the sufferings of the great poets, from Tennyson and Yeats to Roethke, Merwin, to every poet who's been published in \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker. \u003c\/i\u003eAs he ponders the strange power and musicality of language, and adjusts to his newly single life, Chowder's introduction slowly but surely begins to take shape. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA wholly entertaining and beguiling love story, and the first novel in the chronicles of Paul Chowder--which is followed by \u003ci\u003eTraveling Sprinkler\u003c\/i\u003e in this same volume\u003ci\u003e--The Anthologist \u003c\/i\u003eis \"a loving and superbly witty homage to poetryand to life\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Boston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Nicholson Baker\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0399172599\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780399172595\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Penguin Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/09\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 496\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.09lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.75h x 5.45w x 1.31d","brand":"Nicholson Baker","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44169652044031,"sku":"9780399172595","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_a42c474f-0675-487a-b37a-b8769ba32341.jpg?v=1689654151","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-paul-chowder-chronicles-nicholson-baker-9780399172595","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}