{"product_id":"spectator-bird","title":"Spectator Bird","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eSpectator Bird\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eWallace Stegner\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9780140139402\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003ePenguin Books\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e1990\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\u003eNumber of Pages: \u003c\/b\u003e224\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eModerate edge wear. Binding good. May have marking in text. We sometimes source from libraries. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003eJoe Allston is a retired literary agent who is, in his own words, \"just killing time until time gets around to killing me.\" His parents and his only son are long dead, leaving him with neither ancestors nor descendants, tradition nor ties. His job, trafficking the talent of others, had not been his choice. He passes through life as a spectator.\u003cp\u003eA postcard from a friend causes Allston to return to the journals of a trip he had taken years before, a journey to his mother's birthplace, where he'd sought a link with the past. The memories of that trip, both grotesque and poignant, move through layers of time and meaning, and reveal that Joe Allston isn't quite spectator enough.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Elegant and entertaining . . . Every scene [is] adroitly staged and each effect precisely acomplished.\" \u003cb\u003eThe Atlantic\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Penguin Books","offers":[{"title":"Spectator Bird | Wallace Stegner | Paperback | 9780140139402 | Used: Good | Back Stacks I 1770834","offer_id":50751651545346,"sku":"1770834","price":15.86,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0609\/3327\/5906\/files\/81ob5hLkv-L.jpg?v=1791987395","url":"https:\/\/boswellsbooks.com\/products\/spectator-bird","provider":"Boswell's Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}