{"product_id":"evil-genius-9780063466487","title":"Evil Genius","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Recommended Read from: \u003ci\u003eAlta * Bustle * \u003c\/i\u003eLitHub *\u003ci\u003e Los Angeles Times * Kirkus * New York Times * Vulture\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAn exuberant, brutally hilarious novel about a young woman's insatiable quest to carve her own path--even if she needs to step over a few dead bodies along the way\u003cp\u003eIt's 1974 and San Francisco is full of mystery and menace. Nineteen-year-old Celia Dent keeps telling herself how lucky she is to be working at the phone company and to be married to her Drew, a man who says he loves her. Celia's contentment with her little life is shattered, though, when a woman she knows from work is murdered in a love tryst gone awry. What would that be like, Celia wonders, to die for love--or to kill for love? What would it be like to live each moment passionately and with full awareness that each breath is bringing her closer to her last?\u003cbr\u003eBefore Celia knows it, her musings about love-and-death happenings are bleeding into daily life. Suddenly she's playing hooky from work and searching for a love tryst of her very own. She's practicing her marksmanship at a local gun range and thinking about how good it would feel to bury something sharp inside her domineering husband's ear. It's all pretend, though, until the night comes when Celia finally goes too far, and she and Drew are set on a deadly collision course.\u003cbr\u003eExhilarating, surreal, and bitingly clever, \u003ci\u003eEvil Genius\u003c\/i\u003e is a comic noir exploring obsession and desire--and what happens when a sweetly seditious young woman dares to imagine a better life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Claire Oshetsky\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Ecco Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/17\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.52h x 5.82w x 0.96d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780063466487\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/0001\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2025 pg. 65\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/08\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eOshetsky, Claire:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eClaire Oshetsky\u003c\/strong\u003e is the author of \u003cem\u003ePoor Deer\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eChouette\u003c\/em\u003e, which was a PEN\/Faulkner Award nominee, the winner of the William Saroyan International Prize for Writing, and a finalist for the Northern California Book Award and the Barbellion Prize. They live in Santa Cruz, California.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Claire Oshetsky \/ Hardcover \/ English","offer_id":47674834092189,"sku":"9780063466487","price":49.69,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_cbd6a93a-85e5-4a93-8601-0cf21507abed.jpg?v=1771913868","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/evil-genius-9780063466487","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}