{"product_id":"banal-nightmare","title":"Banal Nightmare","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMargaret Anne ('Moddie') Yance has just returned to her hometown, to mingle with the friends of her youth, to get back in touch with her roots, and to recover from a stressful decade of living in the city in a small apartment with a man she now believed to be a megalomaniac or perhaps a covert narcissist. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBack home, Moddie throws herself at the mercy of her old friends, all suddenly tipping toward middle age.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eShe joins them as they go to parties, size each other up, obsess over past slights, dream of wild triumphs, and indulge in elaborate revenge fantasies. But when a mysterious artist arrives in town to take up a residency at the local university, Moddie has no choice but to confront the demons of her past and grapple with the reality of what her life has become. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe inimitable Halle Butler, author of The New Me, returns with a novel that is sadistically precise, completely singular and horribly funny\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!----\u003e","brand":"Halle Butler","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45470845894913,"sku":"9781399618236","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0573\/8600\/8738\/files\/SIMPLEWEBSITEPRODUCTIMAGE-2024-07-31T113516.417.png?v=1722422130","url":"https:\/\/rarebirdsbooks.live\/products\/banal-nightmare","provider":"Rare Birds Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}