{"product_id":"truisms-1","title":"Truisms","description":"\u003cp\u003eA  unique work in Theroux's canon, \u003cem\u003eTruisms \u003c\/em\u003edistills a lifetime of observation and reading into thousands of rhyming quatrains, a \u003cem\u003eRubaiyat \u003c\/em\u003efor our times. It is a compendium of universal truths, witty aphorisms, personal opinions, wise maxims, sardonic insults, cranky complaints, abrupt advice, and believe-it-or-not factoids that only he could assemble. Beginning with a well-informed history of apothegms and epigrams, Theroux states, \"A truism provides a way of seeing by way of the compendious and concise, the summary and the succinct, a thought closed like a door with a bang.\" \u003cem\u003eTruisms \u003c\/em\u003eis \"the way I see the world,\" he concludes, and it should appeal to both Theroux's fans and to anyone who appreciates pithy proverbs.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- Steven Moore, author (\u003cem\u003eThe Novel: An Alternative History, My Back Pages: Reviews and Essays, Alexander Theroux: A Fan's Notes\u003c\/em\u003e, etc.)\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"None","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46570694803666,"sku":"9798218049485","price":47.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0655\/8980\/5233\/files\/1_a506a942-6fbe-40ef-a325-05ef62855210.jpg?v=1763031195","url":"https:\/\/iandigo.com\/products\/truisms-1","provider":"Indigo","version":"1.0","type":"link"}