{"product_id":"the-vivisectors-a-novel","title":"The Vivisectors: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSynopsis\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn a decaying university city where nature steadily reclaims the landscape, a reclusive graduate student spends her days quietly managing the career of her manipulative professor. Detached from the turmoil around her, she remains unmoved even as academic scandals erupt and her estranged mother attempts suicide. But when she is ordered to befriend a controversial student at the center of the unrest, her carefully controlled existence begins to unravel, drawing her into an unsettling relationship that forces her to confront the limits of isolation, morality, and desire.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFollowing her acclaimed debut \u003cem\u003eThe Doloriad\u003c\/em\u003e, Missouri Williams delivers a dark, intellectually ambitious novel that blends gothic atmosphere with psychological precision. Part campus novel, part allegory, and part unconventional love story, \u003cem\u003eThe Vivisectors\u003c\/em\u003e explores power, alienation, and the search for meaning in a fractured world with dazzling originality and razor-sharp prose.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMissouri Williams is the author of \u003cem\u003eThe Doloriad\u003c\/em\u003e, winner of the 2023 Republic of Consciousness Prize and shortlisted for the VCU Cabell First Novelist Award. Her fiction has appeared in \u003cem\u003eGranta\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Believer\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Nation\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Baffler\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eThe Drift\u003c\/em\u003e. Celebrated for her singular style and fearless imagination, she has quickly established herself as one of the most distinctive voices in contemporary literary fiction.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMCD \/ Farrar, Straus and Giroux\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMay 26, 2026\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHardcover\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePages\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e288\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSubjects\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLiterary Fiction · Campus Novel · Gothic Fiction · Psychological Fiction · Contemporary Fiction\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e9780374619299\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Old Post Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45306936230070,"sku":"9780374619299","price":39.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0731\/2264\/4150\/files\/9780374619299.jpg?v=1785506242","url":"https:\/\/oldpostbookshop.com\/products\/the-vivisectors-a-novel","provider":"Old Post Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}