{"title":"Andrew Lewis Conn","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAndrew Lewis Conn\u003c\/strong\u003e offers readers compelling stories rooted in the realm of \u003cem\u003eGeneral Fiction\u003c\/em\u003e. His works explore complex human emotions and the intricacies of personal relationships, often unfolding within richly drawn, relatable settings.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWith a keen eye for detail and a distinctive narrative voice, Conn’s writing invites reflection on themes such as identity, memory, and the consequences of choice, making each story both thought-provoking and deeply engrossing.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"i-swore-id-burn-this-book-by-andrew-lewis-conn-9781668287798","title":"I Swore I'd Burn This Book","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA world-famous author. An unfinished book upon his death. The writer’s son, faced with a terrible decision.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eMeet Dmitri Boris Godunov, son of Russian-American literary giant Vladimir Godunov, whose rapturous, scandalous breakthrough novel, \u003cem\u003eAnnabeth’s Limbs\u003c\/em\u003e, secured its author’s place in the literary pantheon and continues to top banned book lists a half-century after publication. Shadowed by a Salieri-like figure whose forthcoming biography threatens to expose Vladimir in monstrous ways, Dmitri is faced with a Hamlet-like dilemma: whether or not to publish his father’s final, unfinished work, which he had promised to destroy upon the author’s death. Along with rapacious literary agent Simon Graves, Dmitri must divine his dead father’s true wishes and weigh the consequences of disobeying that vow.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWith broad, razor-sharp humour, the novel has an antic energy that brings to mind Wes Anderson’s \u003cem\u003eThe Royal Tenenbaums\u003c\/em\u003e or Andrew Sean Greer’s \u003cem\u003eLess\u003c\/em\u003e. On other levels, this is a novel that eloquently traverses the literary world and investigates the creative process—a sophisticated game of high-brow fan fiction in conversation with the Nabokov of \u003cem\u003eLolita\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003ePale Fire\u003c\/em\u003e and the Philip Roth of the Zuckerman novels.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA comic novel committed to the deep seriousness of humour, the book ultimately reveals itself to be a fully felt work about fathers and sons, the blessing and curse of family inheritance, a treatise on why writers write, and a loving tribute to one of literature’s supreme authors. Intensely literary-minded and broadly commercial, \u003cem\u003eI Swore I'd Burn This Book\u003c\/em\u003e is also that rarity: a happy book about happiness.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster NZ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":68068883824876,"sku":"9781668287798","price":32.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781668287798-i-swore-i-d-burn-this-book-1.jpg?v=1793820010"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/andrew-lewis-conn.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}