{"product_id":"summons-to-memphis-1","title":"Summons to Memphis","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eSummons to Memphis\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003ePeter Taylor\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9780375701177\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eVintage\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e1999\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003ePaperback\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdition: \u003c\/b\u003e3rd\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber of Pages: \u003c\/b\u003e209\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\u003cb\u003eOne of the most celebrated novels of its time, the Pulitzer Prize winner \u003ci\u003eA Summons to Memphis\u003c\/i\u003e introduces the Carver family, natives of Nashville, residents, with the exception of Phillip, of Memphis, Tennessee.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eOne of \u003ci\u003eThe Atlantic\u003c\/i\u003e's Great American Novels of the Past 100 Years\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e During the twilight of a Sunday afternoon in March, New York book editor Phillip Carver receives an urgent phone call from each of his older, unmarried sisters. They plead with Phillip to help avert their widower father's impending remarriage to a younger woman. Hesitant to get embroiled in a family drama, he reluctantly agrees to go back south, only to discover the true motivation behing his sisters' concern. While there, Phillip is forced to confront his domineering siblings, a controlling patriarch, and flood of memories from this troubled past. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Peter Taylor is one of the masters of Southern literature, whose work stands in the company of Eudora Walty, James Agee, and Walker Percy. In \u003ci\u003eA Summons to Memphis\u003c\/i\u003e, he composed a richly evocative story of revenge, resolution, and redemption, and gave us a classic work of American literature.\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Vintage","offers":[{"title":"Summons to Memphis | Peter Taylor | Paperback | 9780375701177 | Used: Very Good | Fiction 1740917","offer_id":48753964318872,"sku":"1740917","price":7.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0492\/1609\/4360\/files\/71hOC1IoWaL.jpg?v=1774071126","url":"https:\/\/roundaboutbookstore.com\/products\/summons-to-memphis-1","provider":"Roundabout Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}