{"product_id":"the-award-hardcover","title":"The Award - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMatthew Pearl\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eThe Award\u003c\/em\u003e begins as a wryly funny satire of thwarted literary ambition, but it 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, \u003cem\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/em\u003ebestselling author of \u003cem\u003eTracy Flick Can't Win \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eMrs. Fletcher\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"A propulsive and gripping novel about the literary world, ambition, deception and murder and the twisted corner where they all intersect. Matthew Pearl grabs you from the first sentence and doesn't let go.\"--Laura Dave, #1 \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestselling author of \u003cem\u003eThe Night We Lost Him\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe author of \u003cem\u003eSave Our Souls\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Dante Club \u003c\/em\u003emakes his eagerly awaited return to fiction with this irreverent and propulsive novel about a young writer trying to make his way through a cutthroat literary scene that turns deadly.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDavid Trent is an aspiring novelist in Cambridge, Massachusetts, trying to navigate his ambitions in a place that has writers around every corner.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe lives in an apartment above a Very Famous Author named Silas Hale who, beneath his celebrated image, is a bombastic, vindictive monster who refuses to allow his new neighbor even to make eye contact with him.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUntil young David wins a prestigious award for his new book.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSuddenly Silas is interested--if intensely spiteful.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut soon, the administrator of the award comes to David with alarming news, forcing the writer into a desperate set of choices.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFate intervenes--with shocking consequences. . . .\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith the wit and psychological wisdom of \u003cem\u003eThe Plot \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eThe Winner, The Award \u003c\/em\u003eis a timely, razor-sharp, and unputdownable novel about writing groups, publishing, ambition, human foibles, and the dangerous things we will do to get ahead.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.85 x 9.28 x 6.15 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 02, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43154333958207,"sku":"9780063445277","price":36.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/4qhsZLGg3h9780063445277.webp?v=1776955876","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/the-award-hardcover","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}