{"product_id":"9781250784780","title":"The Chosen and the Beautiful","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn Instant National Bestseller!\u003cbr\u003eAn Indie Next Pick!\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Best of Summer Pick for \u003ci\u003eTIME \u003c\/i\u003eMagazine \u003ci\u003e| CNN | NBC News\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003e|\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eCBS News\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003e|\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eBook Riot | The Daily Beast \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e| Lambda Literary | \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Milwaukee Journal Sentinel | Goodreads | Bustle | Veranda Magazine | The Week | Bookish | St. Louis Post-Dispatch | Den of Geek | LGBTQ Reads | Pittsburgh City Paper | Bookstr | Tatler HK\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Best Fantasy Novel from the Last 10 Years for Book Riot\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Best of the Year Pick for NPR\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e“\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eA vibrant and queer reinvention of F. Scott Fitzgerald's jazz age classic. . . . I was captivated from the first sentence.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e”\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e—NPR\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Nghi Vo is one of the most original writers we have today.\"—Taylor Jenkins Reid on\u003ci\u003e Siren Queen\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e“\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eA sumptuous, decadent read.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e”\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e“Vo has crafted a retelling that, in many ways, surpasses the original.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e”\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews, \u003c\/i\u003estarred review\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eImmigrant. Socialite. Magician.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJordan Baker grows up in the most rarefied circles of 1920s American society—she has money, education, a killer golf handicap, and invitations to some of the most exclusive parties of the Jazz Age. She’s also queer and Asian, a Vietnamese adoptee treated as an exotic attraction by her peers, while the most important doors remain closed to her.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut the world is full of wonders: infernal pacts and dazzling illusions, lost ghosts and elemental mysteries. In all paper is fire, and Jordan can burn the cut paper heart out of a man. She just has to learn how.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNghi Vo’s debut novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Chosen and the Beautiful\u003c\/i\u003e, reinvents this classic of the American canon as a coming-of-age story full of magic, mystery, and glittering excess, and introduces a major new literary voice.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Nghi Vo","offers":[{"title":"Hardback With dust jacket","offer_id":43952512794784,"sku":"9781250784780","price":12.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0582\/8637\/5072\/products\/BNCImageAPI_80a42991-3222-4a3e-8a67-e3dcbd1312fc.jpg?v=1681569678","url":"https:\/\/rivendell-books.com\/products\/9781250784780","provider":"Rivendell Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}