{"product_id":"the-nave-and-sentimental-lover-the-nave-and-sentimental-lover-a-novel-9780143119753","title":"The Naïve and Sentimental Lover: The Naïve and Sentimental Lover: A Novel","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling \u003cb\u003eauthor of \u003ci\u003eTinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eThe Spy Who Came in from the Cold\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eThe Night Manager\u003c\/i\u003e, now a television series starring Tom Hiddleston.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"I have visited bohemia and got away unscathed.\"\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Aldo Cassidy is an entrepreneurial genius. At thirty-nine, he dominates the baby pram market and rewards his success with a custom Bentley. But Aldo's bourgeois life is upended by a chance encounter with Shamus--a charismatic writer whose first and only novel blazoned across the firmament twenty years earlier. The two develop a passionate friendship that draws Aldo--smitten also with his new friend's luscious wife--into a life of reckless hedonism that threatens to consume them all. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e John le Carré's \u003ci\u003eThe Naïve and Sentimental Lover\u003c\/i\u003e offers a dark and ribald send-up of both middle-class bohemian pretensions that will astonish and delight his many fans. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e With a foreword by the author.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Penguin Adult Hc\/Tr\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/20\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780143119753\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 448\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.95lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.10h x 5.40w x 1.30d","brand":"John Le Carr\u0026#233;","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43799716954293,"sku":"9780143119753","price":18.7,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_59465a7f-4423-4d81-928e-2cf2d3aef981.jpg?v=1711477306","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-nave-and-sentimental-lover-the-nave-and-sentimental-lover-a-novel-9780143119753","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}