{"product_id":"the-bachelor-paperback","title":"The Bachelor - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAndrew Palmer\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \"witty and wise\" (\u003ci\u003ePeople\u003c\/i\u003e) debut novel about love and commitment, celebrity and obsession, poetry and reality TV.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Palmer's novel wryly tracks an earnest interrogation of art and selfhood.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eReeling from a breakup with his almost fiancée, the narrator of Andrew Palmer's debut novel returns to his hometown in Iowa to house-sit for a family friend. There, a chance flick of the TV remote and a new correspondence with an old friend plunge him into unlikely twin obsessions: the reality show \u003ci\u003eThe Bachelor\u003c\/i\u003e and the Pulitzer Prize-winning poet John Berryman. As his heart begins to mend, his fascination with each deepens, and somewhere along the way, representations of reality become harder and harder to distinguish from real life. Soon he finds himself corresponding with multiple love interests, participating in an ill-considered group outing, and trying to puzzle through the strange turn his life seems to have taken. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAn absorbing coming-of-age tale \"that marks the debut of a significant talent\" (\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews, \u003c\/i\u003e starred), \u003ci\u003eThe Bachelor\u003c\/i\u003e approaches--with wit and grace--the high-stakes questions of an overconnected world: If salvation can no longer be found in fame, can it still be found in romantic relationships? In an era of reality TV, where does entertainment end and reality begin? And why do we, season after season, repeat the same mistakes in love and life?\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAndrew Palmer\u003c\/b\u003e is a writer who work has appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe Times Literary Supplement \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eMcSweeney's\u003c\/i\u003e and online at \u003ci\u003eSlate, The Paris Review, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e. He has been a fiction fellow at the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown, Massachusetts, and a resident at Ucross, the Anderson Center, and Yaddo. He grew up in Iowa and lives in Seattle with his partner and their dog. \u003ci\u003eThe Bachelor\u003c\/i\u003e is his first novel.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 288\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 7.8 x 5.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 05, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42697087287359,"sku":"9780593230916","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/1f14c98469e9a21f19a4c52f0b7daf62.webp?v=1765008421","url":"https:\/\/dhl-adrianne.myshopify.com\/products\/the-bachelor-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}