{"product_id":"the-lover-of-no-fixed-abode-9781913394905","title":"The Lover of No Fixed Abode","description":"\u003cb\u003eA passionate affair set in Venice between a Roman princess searching for undervalued paintings and a mysterious tour guide. A\u003c\/b\u003ert shenanigans become unavoidable, but the guide's true identity is the mystery that drives the story.Their passion will last three days, long enough to be exposed to unscrupulous art dealers and scammers passing off worthless paintings as part of a famous collection. She goes to cosmopolitan parties given by Venetian social and art glitterati. Mr Silvera, a guide whose erudition and distinction sharply contrast with his beat-up suitcase and stain-spotted raincoat, drags his shabby tourists from monument to monument.Around them are the canals and lagoons of Venice, a city which becomes a character in the novel in its own right. Written with elegance and wit, this is an atypical, sophisticated novel of love, crime and social satire worthy of Fellini's \u003ci\u003eDolce Vita\u003c\/i\u003e or Sorrentino's \u003ci\u003eThe Great Beauty\u003c\/i\u003e.The novel does have a mystery at its heart - and it concerns the identity of the principal character, apparently a tour guide, but clearly something else as well. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bitter Lemon Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/20\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781913394905\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.57lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.70h x 5.10w x 1.20d","brand":"Franco Lucentini","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43433897328821,"sku":"9781913394905","price":14.41,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_318792f7-3809-42a8-b5c8-af41d1b4a1ac.jpg?v=1703572315","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-lover-of-no-fixed-abode-9781913394905","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}