{"product_id":"the-accidental-paperback","title":"The Accidental - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAli Smith\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFilled with the bestselling, award-winning author's trademark wordplay and inventive storytelling, here is the dizzyingly entertaining, wickedly humorous story of a mysterious stranger whose sudden appearance during a family's summer holiday transforms four variously unhappy people. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEach of the Smarts\u003ci\u003e--\u003c\/i\u003eparents Eve and Michael, son Magnus, and the youngest, daughter Astrid\u003ci\u003e--\u003c\/i\u003eencounter Amber in his or her own solipsistic way, but somehow her presence allows them to see their lives (and their life together) in a new light. Smith's narrative freedom and exhilarating facility with language propel the novel to its startling, wonderfully enigmatic conclusion.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAli Smith is the author of many works of fiction, including the novel \u003ci\u003eHotel World, \u003c\/i\u003ewhich was short-listed for both the Orange Prize and the Booker Prize and won the Encore Award and the Scottish Arts Council Book of the Year Award, and \u003ci\u003eThe Accidental, \u003c\/i\u003e which won the Whitbread Award and was short-listed for the Man Booker Prize and the Orange Prize. Her most recent novel, \u003ci\u003eHow to be both\u003c\/i\u003e, was a Man Booker Prize finalist and winner of the Bailey Women's Prize for Fiction, the Goldsmiths Prize, the Costa Novel Award, and the Saltire Literary Book of the Year Award. Born in Inverness, Scotland, Smith lives in Cambridge, England.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.69 x 7.94 x 5.24 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 10, 2007\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42731766349887,"sku":"9781400032181","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/7203970b2c2c88f3e1df50fcd2221a85.webp?v=1765130027","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/the-accidental-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}