{"product_id":"the-poorhouse-fair-1","title":"The Poorhouse Fair","description":"xx, 185 pp. With a new introduction by the author. The hero of John Updike's first novel, published when the author was twenty-six, is ninety-four-year-old John Hook, a dying man who yet refuses to be dominated. His world is a poorhouse—a county home for the aged and infirm—overseen by Stephen Conner, a righteous young man who considers it his duty to know what is best for others. The action of the novel unfolds over a single summer's day, the day of the poorhouse's annual fair, a day of escalating tensions between Conner and the rebellious Hook. Its climax is a contest between progress and tradition, benevolence and pride, reason and faith.","brand":"Alfred A. Knopf","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40507699396678,"sku":"2331240","price":8.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1232\/9510\/products\/2331240.jpg?v=1676080908","url":"https:\/\/ym-demo.myshopify.com\/products\/the-poorhouse-fair-1","provider":"Yesterday's Muse","version":"1.0","type":"link"}