{"product_id":"observatory-mansions","title":"Observatory Mansions","description":"Once the Orme family's magnificent ancestral estate, Observatory Mansions is now a crumbling apartment complex, home to an eccentric group of misfits. One of them is Francis Orme, who earns his livelihood as a living statue. When not practicing \"inner and outer stillness,\" Francis steals the cherished possessions of others to add to his private museum. The other tenants are equally as odd: his mother and father, who haven't interacted in years; a man who continually sweats and cries; a recluse who prefers television to reality; and a woman who behaves like a dog. When Anna Tapp arrives among them she stirs their souls, bringing long forgotten memories to the surface-and arousing fears that this new resident intends to provoke a metamorphosis. \u003cbr\u003eReminiscent of Beckett, Ionesco, and Millhauser but startlingly original, \u003cb\u003eObservatory Mansions\u003c\/b\u003e is also unexpectedly beguiling. Upon its publication in England, it was a literary sensation, and John Fowles called it \"easily the most brilliant fiction I've seen this year.\"","brand":"Knopf Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48833713209549,"sku":"9780375709234","price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0557\/1529\/9533\/files\/imageloader_f26e8696-e19b-4d2a-8794-8ac5d209caba.jpg?v=1790894442","url":"https:\/\/booksatmidnight.com\/products\/observatory-mansions","provider":"Books At Midnight","version":"1.0","type":"link"}