{"product_id":"petty-theft-9781770461529","title":"Petty Theft","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Pascal Girard\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Drawn \u0026amp; Quarterly\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Drawn \u0026amp; Quarterly\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Literary\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA hilarious romantic comedy about kleptomania and booklovers\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePascal is in a bad place. He and his longtime girlfriend have just broken up, he's got writer's block, and when he goes out for a run to ease his frazzled nerves, he falls and injures his back so badly that he's strictly forbidden from running. What's an endorphin-loving cartoonist to do? In a bid to distract himself, Pascal throws himself into his other pleasure: reading. And while at the bookstore one day, he spies a young woman picking up his own book. But then she darts out of the shop without paying. Bemused, he decides to figure out why she did it.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePetty Theft\u003c\/i\u003e is a comedy of errors, a laugh-out-loud account of a man on a mission, and a testament to the addictiveness of book ownership. Pascal Girard intermingles an all-too-true-to-life snapshot of contemporary relationships with slapstick trials and dryly funny tribulations in this delightfully readable book.\u003cbr\u003eFrom the award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eReunion\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePetty Theft \u003c\/i\u003eis a deftly told, finely drawn contemporary romance that will keep booklovers on the edge of their seats from the first page until the denouement.","brand":"Drawn \u0026 Quarterly","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45355535138967,"sku":"9781770461529","price":1435.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781770461529.webp?v=1767670965","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/petty-theft-9781770461529","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}