{"product_id":"mercy-1","title":"Mercy","description":"\u003cb\u003eLonglisted for the Joyce Carol Oates Prize \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA rich and nuanced story beginning with a moment of fear and abandonment that will reverberate across decades and change the course of many lives, by a beloved PEN\/Faulkner and National Book Critics Circle Award-winning author \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn the gritty East Village of 1970s New York, Ivan and his best friend, Eddie, a popular local bartender, are dabbling in drugs following a short tour of Europe. One night, as Ivan and Eddie experiment with heroin, things go horribly wrong. In a panic, Ivan rushes Eddie to a crowded local ER and, believing his friend is about to die, makes the awful choice to leave him there. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis one act of abandonment haunts Ivan his entire life. He keeps this secret from his friends and later his family, forever searching for mercy from \"a remorse that never dies.\" Ivan's decision also ripples across time through an extended community, affecting a host of other people unknowingly connected to that night. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFollowing a bold cast of characters across decades, and set against the changing social and sexual mores from the 1970s onward, \u003ci\u003eMercy\u003c\/i\u003e is Silber's most ambitious and expansive novel yet, proving once again how we are all connected in mysterious and often unknown ways.","brand":"Joan Silber","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47288458576108,"sku":"9781640097070","price":27.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0684\/1791\/3068\/files\/9781640097070.jpg?v=1770554649","url":"https:\/\/intl.allstora.com\/products\/mercy-1","provider":"Allstora","version":"1.0","type":"link"}