{"title":"Books for your existential crisis","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"stoner-paperback","title":"Stoner - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJohn Williams\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJohn McGahern\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDiscover an American masterpiece. This unassuming story about the life of a quiet English professor has earned the admiration of readers all over the globe.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWilliam Stoner is born at the end of the nineteenth century into a dirt-poor Missouri farming family. 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