{"product_id":"9780399172595","title":"The Paul Chowder Chronicles: The Anthologist and Traveling Sprinkler, Two Novels","description":"\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor\/Contributor(s):\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eBaker, Nicholson\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePenguin Books\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDate:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e10\/9\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003ePaperback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eNEW\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\u003cb\u003eTOGETHER FOR THE FIRST TIME, BOTH OF NICHOLSON BAKER’S BRILLIANT NOVELS FEATURING BELOVED HERO AND POET PAUL CHOWDER\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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).","brand":"Penguin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43380463108351,"sku":"9780399172595","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0452\/0886\/2873\/files\/9780399172595_s600x595.jpg?v=1782316383","url":"https:\/\/massivebookshop.com\/products\/9780399172595","provider":"MASSIVE BOOKSHOP","version":"1.0","type":"link"}