{"product_id":"little-paperback-1","title":"Little - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eEdward Carey\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eLONGLISTED FOR THE INTERNATIONAL DUBLIN LITERARY AWARD \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eLONGLISTED FOR THE RSL ONDAATJE PRIZE \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eLONGLISTED FOR THE WALTER SCOTT PRIZE FOR HISTORICAL FICTION \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eLONGLISTED FOR THE RATHBONES FOLIO PRIZE \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"An amazing achievement. . . A compulsively readable novel, so canny and weird and surfeited with the reality of human capacity and ingenuity that I am stymied for comparison. Dickens and David Lynch? Defoe meets Margaret Atwood? Judge for yourself.\" --Gregory Maguire, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times-\u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author of \u003ci\u003eWicked\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe wry, macabre, unforgettable tale of an ambitious orphan in Revolutionary Paris, befriended by royalty and radicals, who transforms herself into the legendary Madame Tussaud. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn 1761, a tiny, odd-looking girl named Marie is born in a village in Switzerland. After the death of her parents, she is apprenticed to an eccentric wax sculptor and whisked off to the seamy streets of Paris, where they meet a domineering widow and her quiet, pale son. Together, they convert an abandoned monkey house into an exhibition hall for wax heads, and the spectacle becomes a sensation. As word of her artistic talent spreads, Marie is called to Versailles, where she tutors a princess and saves Marie Antoinette in childbirth. But outside the palace walls, Paris is roiling: The revolutionary mob is demanding heads, and . . . at the wax museum, heads are what they do. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn the tradition of Gregory Maguire's \u003ci\u003eWicked\u003c\/i\u003e and Erin Morgenstern's \u003ci\u003eThe Night Circus\u003c\/i\u003e, Edward Carey's \u003ci\u003eLittle\u003c\/i\u003e is a darkly endearing cavalcade of a novel--a story of art, class, determination, and how we hold on to what we love.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdward Carey\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eis a novelist, visual artist, and playwright. Carey's previous novels include \u003ci\u003eObservatory Mansions\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eAlva \u0026amp; Irva, \u003c\/i\u003e and his acclaimed series for young adults, the \u003ci\u003eIremonger Trilogy\u003c\/i\u003e, earned best-of-the-year recognition from \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e, NPR, and other venues. Born in England, he now teaches at the University of Texas in Austin, where he lives with his wife, the author Elizabeth McCracken, and their family.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 448\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.2 x 8 x 5.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 22, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42729836019775,"sku":"9780525534334","price":21.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/e53405c6e56a6ee6716723ec7a115f53.webp?v=1765123787","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/little-paperback-1","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}