{"product_id":"transcription-9781803513805","title":"Transcription : 'This may be the best novel you’ll read all year' Telegraph","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe narrator of Ben Lerner's new novel has travelled to Providence, where he is to conduct what will be the final published interview with Thomas, his ninety-year-old mentor, and the father of his college friend, Max. But after the narrator drops his smartphone in the hotel sink, he arrives at Thomas's house with no recording device, a fact he is mysteriously unable to confess.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat unfolds from this dreamlike circumstance is both the unforgettable story of the triangle formed by Thomas, Max, and the narrator, and a brilliant meditation on those technologies that enrich or impoverish our connection to each other, that store or obliterate the memories that make us who we are.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor: Ben Lerner\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eModern \u0026amp; contemporary fiction (post c 1945)\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 9 Apr 2026 by Granta Books.\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHardback\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Ben Lerner","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57320783348090,"sku":"9781803513805","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0373\/4125\/files\/9781803513805.jpg?v=1790661535","url":"https:\/\/belfastbooks.co.uk\/products\/transcription-9781803513805","provider":"Belfast Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}