{"product_id":"the-interrogative-mood-paperback","title":"The Interrogative Mood - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePadgett Powell\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"If Duchamp or maybe Magritte wrote a novel (and maybe they did. Did they?) it might look something like this remarkable little book of Padgett Powell's.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e--Richard Ford\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Interrogative Mood \u003c\/em\u003eis a wildly inventive, jazzy meditation on life and language by the novelist that Ian Frazier hails as \"one of the best writers in America, and one of the funniest, too.\" A novel composed entirely of questions, it is perhaps the most audacious literary high-wire act since Nicholson Baker's \u003cem\u003eThe Mezzanine \u003c\/em\u003eor David Foster Wallace's stories;\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003ea playful and profound book that, as Jonathan Safran Foer says, \"will sear the unlucky volumes shelved on either side of it. How it doesn't, itself, combust in flames is a mystery to me.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePlayful and profound, \u003cem\u003eThe Interrogative Mood\u003c\/em\u003e is a bebop solo of a book in which every sentence is a question. In it acclaimed novelist Padgett Powell--a writer once touted as the best of his generation by Saul Bellow--force us to consider our core beliefs, our most cherished memories, our final views on life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. In fictionas in life, there may be no easy answers--but \u003cem\u003eThe Interrogative Mood\u003c\/em\u003e is an exuberant book that leaves the reader feeling more alive.\u003c\/p\u003e--New York Times Magazine\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePlayful and profound, \u003cem\u003eThe Interrogative Mood\u003c\/em\u003e is a bebop solo of a book in which every sentence is a question. In it acclaimed novelist Padgett Powell--a writer once touted as the best of his generation by Saul Bellow--force us to consider our core beliefs, our most cherished memories, our final views on life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. In fictionas in life, there may be no easy answers--but \u003cem\u003eThe Interrogative Mood\u003c\/em\u003e is an exuberant book that leaves the reader feeling more alive.\u003c\/p\u003e\n        \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 192\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.4 x 8 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 29, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42724747083839,"sku":"9780061859434","price":20.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/7e92e2409009ef9a20720a2b312cc782.webp?v=1765103782","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/the-interrogative-mood-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}