{"product_id":"the-bird-room-paperback","title":"The Bird Room - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eChris Killen\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A dark and beguiling meditation on the weight of being...so fresh it practically pings with energy...\u003cem\u003eThe Bird Room\u003c\/em\u003e is seamlessly woven into a perfectly formed whole that fizzes with deadpan wit and cutting one-liners.\" --\u003cem\u003eThe Independent \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn audacious and self-assured debut novel, \u003cem\u003eThe Bird Room\u003c\/em\u003e by Chris Killen is sometimes darkly comic, sometimes painfully dramatic, and always entirely engaging. Reminiscent of other up-and-coming authors such as Tao Lin, Richard Milward, and Toby Litt, and with a spare and efficient style that belies the intricacies of the novel's double narrative, \u003cem\u003eThe Bird Room\u003c\/em\u003e is a dark, edgy tale of sex, love, and obsession. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePainfully average and introverted Will finally has a bird. Her name is Alice. She's smart, sexy, and much to Will's surprise, she is in love with him. But the course of love never did run smooth, and soon devotion--and its uglier manifestations--lead Will to a dark place within himself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eElsewhere in the city, Helen is an actress--or she will be some day. For now, she finds work as a model--or whatever her online acquaintances need her to be. Her real name is Clair, but she desperately wants to be someone new, someone glamorous and real--someone worth something.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA love story with a twist, this exuberant and funny debut novel brings Will and Helen's lives together in a tale as tight as a rope and as black as tar. Sharp, playful, and brimming over with wicked comedy, \u003cem\u003eThe Bird Room\u003c\/em\u003e heralds the arrival of a major new literary talent.\u003c\/p\u003e--Toby Litt, author of Hospital and Ghost Story\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePainfully average and introverted Will finally has a bird. Her name is Alice. She's smart, sexy, and much to Will's surprise, she is in love with him. But the course of love never did run smooth, and soon devotion--and its uglier manifestations--lead Will to a dark place within himself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eElsewhere in the city, Helen is an actress--or she will be some day. For now, she finds work as a \"model\"--or whatever her online acquaintances need her to be. Her real name is Clair, but she desperately wants to be someone new, someone glamorous and real--someone worth something.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA love story with a twist, this exuberant and funny debut novel brings Will and Helen's lives together in a tale as tight as a rope and as black as tar. Sharp, playful, and brimming over with wicked comedy, \u003cem\u003eThe Bird Room\u003c\/em\u003e heralds the arrival of a major new literary talent.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 208\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.51 x 8.04 x 5.18 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 19, 2010\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47267900162297,"sku":"9780061905902","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/7H-2LVO5gc9780061905902.webp?v=1768873185","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/the-bird-room-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}