{"product_id":"this-is-how","title":"This Is How","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eThis Is How\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eM J Hyland\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9780802170620\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eBlack Cat\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2009\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003ePaperback\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdition: \u003c\/b\u003eReprint\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition: \u003c\/b\u003eUsed Copy\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003eM. J. Hyland is the award winning and Man Booker shortlisted author of \u003ci\u003eCarry Me Down\u003c\/i\u003e. Her third novel, \u003ci\u003eThis Is How\u003c\/i\u003e, is a psychologically probing and deeply moving account of a man at odds with the world. Patrick Oxtoby is a perpetual outsider longing to find his niche. When his fiancé breaks off their engagement, Patrick leaves home and moves to a remote seaside village. In spite of his hopes for a new and better life, Patrick struggles to fit in or make the right impression. He can't shake the feeling that his new friends are con-spiring against him, further fracturing his already fragile personality and prompting him to take a course of action that permanently alters the course of his life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis Is How\u003c\/i\u003e is a mesmerizing and meticulously drawn portrait of a man whose unease in the world as it is leads to his tragic undoing. With breathtaking wisdom and astute insight into the human mind, Hyland's latest is a masterpiece that arouses horror and sympathy in equal measure.\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Black Cat","offers":[{"title":"This Is How | M J Hyland | Paperback | 9780802170620 | Used: Very Good | Fiction 1672607","offer_id":48313165611160,"sku":"1672607","price":7.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"This Is How | M J Hyland | Paperback | 9780802170620 | Used: Very Good | Fiction 1516383 (temp: 9)","offer_id":48753884561560,"sku":"1516383","price":7.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0492\/1609\/4360\/files\/A1XqvYlTQOL.jpg?v=1773162951","url":"https:\/\/roundaboutbookstore.com\/products\/this-is-how","provider":"Roundabout Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}