{"product_id":"the-trick-of-it-paperback","title":"The Trick of It - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMichael Frayn\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe knows everything about her before they meet: the make of pen she writes with, her exact height, the various honorary degrees she holds. He knows more about her nine novels and 27 short stories than she does herself. Naturally--he has devoted his life to studying and teaching them, and he reveres them. Also, he is four times as clever as she is. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Trick of It \u003c\/i\u003eis a comic and painful voyage of exploration into the creative process and the feelings it arouses in others. The humble academic disciple finds himself admitted to his subject's life, and off to this oldest friend go a series of dispatches--by turns awed and patronizing, reverential and jealous, disingenuous and appallingly frank.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMichael Frayn \u003c\/b\u003eis the author of ten novels, including the bestselling H\u003ci\u003eeadlong \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eSpies\u003c\/i\u003e. He has also written 13 plays, among them\u003ci\u003e Noises Off\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eCopenhagen\u003c\/i\u003e, which won three Tony Awards in 1999. He lives in London.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 176\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.45 x 8.51 x 5.63 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 16, 2002\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51762460393760,"sku":"9780312421441","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/21824bbec1959f77fa19252b1897dab2_01a56370-2373-40ac-a28e-6320e8516356.webp?v=1780221656","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-trick-of-it-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}