{"product_id":"baker-dorothy-cassandra-at-the-wedding-9781911547297","title":"Cassandra at the Wedding","description":"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e'I am not, at heart, a jumper. I think I knew all the time I was sizing up the bridge that the strong possibility was I'd attend my sister's wedding' \u003cbr\u003eCassandra Edwards is driving home to her family's Californian ranch to attend the wedding of her beloved identical twin, Judith. A graduate student at Berkeley, Cassandra is gay, brilliant, nerve-racked, miserable - and hell-bent on making sure her sister's wedding doesn't happen. \u003cbr\u003eArmed with a clutch bag full of pills and an unquenchable thirst for brandy, Cassandra arrives determined to make Judith see sense. But over the course of the next couple of days, Cassandra unravels. \u003cbr\u003eA classic of twentieth-century American literature, Cassandra at the Wedding is a stylish, witty and insightful novel about love, loyalty and coming to terms with the only life you have. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e'Modern readers will relish the pin-sharp portrait of a tiny part of society, as if picked out in Californian sunlight. Really good writing like this doesn't age.' \u003cbr\u003eGuardian \u003cbr\u003e'The mastery of technique here is just about absolute.' \u003cbr\u003eNew York Times \u003cbr\u003e'So brilliant, completely mad. It s about female rivalry, being left behind... It really made me laugh. A great examination of a female friendship.'\u003cbr\u003eDolly Alderton \u003cbr\u003e Witty and assured. Her tone is dark but jaunty, the writing off-handedly smart.' \u003cbr\u003eLondon Review of Books \u003cbr\u003e'Baker's touching, witty and sharp character study is an overlooked twentieth century American literary classic, featuring a protagonist easily as headstrong, vulnerable and compelling as Holden Caulfield.' \u003cbr\u003eBBC Radio 4 \u003cbr\u003e'[Baker's] ear for dialogue is acute, her prose immaculate... this is a novel of exceptional quality.' \u003cbr\u003eTLS","brand":"Daunt Books","offers":[{"title":"Used - very good","offer_id":53382469189974,"sku":"9781911547297-V","price":8.49,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false},{"title":"Used - good","offer_id":53554146640214,"sku":"9781911547297-G","price":7.49,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0925\/5829\/5382\/files\/product_image_9781911547297_1_cd310ca6-d433-42dd-a371-ebaf8721b587.jpg?v=1778045017","url":"https:\/\/www.momoxbooks.com\/products\/baker-dorothy-cassandra-at-the-wedding-9781911547297","provider":"momoxbooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}