{"product_id":"flaw-in-the-design-nathan-oates","title":"Flaw in the Design, Nathan Oates","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eDescription\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe cleverest psychopaths hide in plain sight.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGil is living a quiet life as a creative writing professor in a bucolic Vermont town, when he receives some shocking news: His sister and her husband have been killed in a car accident, and their only son is coming to live with him and his family.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eGil and his wife are apprehensive about taking in seventeen-year-old Matthew. Yes, he has just lost both his parents, but they haven’t seen him in seven years—and the last time the families were together, Matthew lured their young daughter into a terrifying, life-threatening situation. Since that incident, Gil has been estranged from his sister and her flashy, wealthy banker husband. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNow Matthew is their charge, living under their roof.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eThe boy seems charming, smart, and urbane, if strangely unaffected by his parents’ deaths. Gil hopes they can put the past behind them, though he’s surprised when Matthew signs up for his creative writing class. Then Matthew begins turning in chilling stories about the imagined deaths of Gil’s family and his own parents. Bewildered and panicked, Gil ultimately decides he must take matters into his own hands—before life imitates art.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eTold in limber, mesmerizing prose, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eA Flaw in the Design\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a twisting novel of suspense that brilliantly explores the tensions surrounding class, family, and the drive to control one’s own story.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eDimensions\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e6.44 x 0.98 x 9.48, 304 pages, \u003c\/span\u003ehardcover\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43837503897825,"sku":"9780593446706","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0562\/9558\/8015\/products\/Screenshot2023-04-05at8.12.13PM.png?v=1680739957","url":"https:\/\/pressshopatl.shop\/products\/flaw-in-the-design-nathan-oates","provider":"Pressshopatl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}