{"product_id":"9781805333241","title":"The Locusts Have No King","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=\"\"\u003ePowell, Dawn\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\u003ePushkin Press Classics\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\u003e3\/16\/2027\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\u003eNo one has satirized New York society quite like Dawn Powell, and in this classic  novel she turns her sharp eye and stinging wit on the literary world, and \"identifies  every sort of publishing type with the patience of a pathologist removing organs  for inspection.\" Frederick Olliver, an obscure historian and writer, is having an  affair with the restively married, beautiful, and hugely successful playwright, Lyle  Gaynor. Powell sets a see-saw in motion when Olliver is swept up by the tasteless  publishing tycoon, Tyson Bricker, and his new book makes its way onto to the bestseller  lists just as Lyle's Broadway career is coming apart.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"For decades Dawn Powell was  always just on the verge of ceasing to be a cult and becoming a major religion.\"  -\u003ci\u003e- Gore Vidal\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Pushkin Press Classics","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48729688932607,"sku":"9781805333241","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0452\/0886\/2873\/files\/9781805333241_s600x595.png?v=1782148998","url":"https:\/\/massivebookshop.com\/products\/9781805333241","provider":"MASSIVE BOOKSHOP","version":"1.0","type":"link"}