{"product_id":"men-like-ours-a-novel","title":"Men Like Ours: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"The most promising debut I've read in decades.\" --Gary Shteyngart, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author of \u003ci\u003eOur \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eCountry Friends\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A genuine and offbeat talent . . . like the writers Ottessa Moshfegh and Tony Tulathimutte, [Bansinath] is dialed in to the aesthetics of disgust.\" --the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom a brilliant new voice in fiction, a darkly comic \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eand moving story about death, life, and community in a South Asian \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003esuburban enclave of New Jersey.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhen Matthew Pillai is found dead, slumped over the wheel of his BMW, the women of Willow Road are roped into the investigation of their friend's death.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAt the center of the case are the Sharmas--Anita, a widow whose late husband introduced Matthew to the neighborhood, and her boundary-pushing daughter, Leila, who called him Uncle. To Anita, who has been in freefall since her arrival in the United States as a young woman, Matthew's presence offered hope, including a promise of betterment for Leila. The truth, however, is far stranger.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn this darkly funny debut, the women of Willow Road find that despite their internecine quarrels, casual backstabbing, and generational feuds, in the end, there is no one to turn to but each other.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Call \u0026 Response Books","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":45093968150597,"sku":"9781639735228","price":28.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0647\/6621\/4213\/files\/9781639735228_jpg.webp?v=1780438218","url":"https:\/\/www.callandresponsechi.com\/products\/men-like-ours-a-novel","provider":"Call \u0026 Response Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}