{"product_id":"lives-of-the-saints-9798896230281","title":"Lives of the Saints","description":"\u003cb\u003eFresh out of college in New England, a young woman returns home to New Orleans and is quickly pulled back into the city's \"wastrel-youth contingent\" in this cult-classic novel of love and decadence, now with a new introduction.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNancy Lemann's voice is one of the most unusual in American fiction, unabashedly digressive, weirdly and wonderfully confiding, as witty as it is melancholy, an endless surprise. Hers is a voice born of and at odds with her native New Orleans, a voice that takes on and wonders at the ramshackle realities not just of the deep South but of America. \u003ci\u003eLives of the Saints\u003c\/i\u003e, her first book, was a revelation of new talent. Reappearing here, several decades later, it is simply a revelation. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Claude Collier made the world seem kind,\" says Louise Brown, beginning a tale of Violent Love, Breakdowns, Moods, and Felonious Drunkenness that floats from one lush, green, sweltering New Orleans evening to another. When Louise returns home after four years of college in New England, she bemusedly finds herself reimmersed in New Orleans society's \"wastrel-youth contingent.\" At the center of this gin-fueled hurricane is Claude Collier, rumpled, accident-prone, supremely sweet--and desperate. For Claude, Louise is his steadying focus; for Louise, Claude is the only man who can cause her heart to \"break into a million pieces on the floor.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Nancy Lemann\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New York Review of Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/07\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.48lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.87h x 4.96w x 0.63d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798896230281\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNancy Lemann\u003c\/b\u003e was born in New Orleans and is the author of six books, including \u003ci\u003eThe Ritz of the Bayou \u003c\/i\u003e(republished in 2026 by Hub City Press), \u003ci\u003eMalaise, \u003c\/i\u003eand, most recently, \u003ci\u003eThe Oyster Diaries \u003c\/i\u003e(published in 2026 by New York Review Books). \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eGeoff Dyer \u003c\/b\u003eis the author of many books. For NYRB Classics he has contributed a foreword to \u003ci\u003ePages from the Goncourt Journals \u003c\/i\u003eand has edited and introduced a selection of D.H. Lawrence's essays, \u003ci\u003eThe Bad Side of Books\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Nancy Lemann \/ Paperback \/ English","offer_id":47834194051229,"sku":"9798896230281","price":29.06,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_b676f0a2-b84d-4040-81ee-42b8975b59b0.jpg?v=1776145942","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/lives-of-the-saints-9798896230281","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}