{"product_id":"about-schmidt","title":"About Schmidt","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eAbout Schmidt\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eLouis Begley\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9780449911167\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eRandom House Publishing Group\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e1997\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003ePaperback\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdition: \u003c\/b\u003eReissue\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber of Pages: \u003c\/b\u003e273\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eClean, unmarked copy with some edge wear. Good binding. Dust jacket included if issued with one. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003e\"A fine new novel... The great pleasure of reading Louis Begley [is] his exceptional literary intelligence.\" \u003cbr\u003eThe New York Times Book Review \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Begley again demonstrates that he can reveal the complexities of society and personality with a clear eye and graceful style... Morethan meets the requirements of graceful fiction.\" \u003cbr\u003eTime \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eProud, traditional, and impeccably organized, Albert Schmidt is a button-down lawyer of the old school. But now, after years of carefulmanagement, his life is slowly unraveling. His beloved wife has recently died. He stumbles--or is he being pushed?--into earlyretirement. And his daughter, his only child, is planning to marry a man Schmidt cannot approve of, for reasons he can scarcely admit, even to himself. As Schmidt gropes for resolutions, he finds unexpected hope in an intense passion that comes out of the blue. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSet in the Hamptons and Manhattan, infused with black humor and startling eroticism, About Schmidt is both a meditation on lonelinessand on the power of romance to unlock the most impenetrable recesses of the heart. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Comical, tough, unsparing; it is as if Louis Auchincloss had exchanged the kid gloves for brass knuckles... Interesting and nervy.\" \u003cbr\u003eThe Washington Post Book World \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A powerful story of a man's fall from grace... The Remains of the Day come[s] to mind.\"\u003cbr\u003ePublishers Weekly (starred review) \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Stunning.\"\u003cbr\u003eLos Angeles Times Book Review\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Random House Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"About Schmidt | Louis Begley | Paperback | 9780449911167 | Used: Very Good | Back Stacks G 1747200","offer_id":48842917281944,"sku":"1747200","price":8.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0492\/1609\/4360\/files\/71_9TrXjiNL.jpg?v=1775243087","url":"https:\/\/roundaboutbookstore.com\/products\/about-schmidt","provider":"Roundabout Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}