{"product_id":"the-bad-girl-9780312427764","title":"The Bad Girl","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eA \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNotable Book of 2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSplendid, suspenseful, and irresistible . . . A contemporary love story that explores the mores of the urban 1960s--and 70s and 80s.--\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRicardo Somocurcio is in love with a bad girl. He loves her as a teenager known as Lily in Lima in 1950, when she flits into his life one summer and disappears again without explanation. He loves her still when she reappears as a revolutionary in 1960s Paris, then later as Mrs. Richardson, the wife of a wealthy Englishman, and again as the mistress of a sinister Japanese businessman in Tokyo. However poorly she treats him, he is doomed to worship her. Charting Ricardo's expatriate life through his romances with this shape-shifting woman, Vargas Llosa has created a beguiling, epic romance about the life-altering power of obsession.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Picador USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/28\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780312427764\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 276\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.10h x 5.50w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/09\/2008 pg. 52\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Mario Vargas Llosa","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36635882487964,"sku":"9780312427764","price":16.15,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_d0b43b69-9243-4edb-b8d1-0f352e57761f.jpg?v=1603840786","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-bad-girl-9780312427764","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}