{"product_id":"9781529158090","title":"The Romantics","description":"\u003cb\u003e'If you buy one literary novel this year, make sure it's this'\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Romantics\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003elooks to Flaubert's\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSentimental Education\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e, to E.M. Forster, to Turgenev. But it is the product of a distinctive and sharp intelligence'\u003c\/b\u003e Hilary Mantel\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e'Grips the reader as artfully and as compellingly as the first page of\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Passage to India\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e'\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe New York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eWINNER OF THE \u003ci\u003eLOS ANGELES TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e ART SEIDENBAUM AWARD FOR FIRST FICTION\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e_____________________\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e1989. In the holy city of Varanasi, 19-year-old Samar rents a room to avoid a small-town job and lose himself in reading about worlds outside of India. But when he is thrust into local a circle of privileged European and American expats, led by the charismatic Miss West, Samar will soon face his own silent desires and crumbling beliefs.\u003cbr\u003e _____________________\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e'A work of art'\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e'A supernova'\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e'A charming debut'\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Independent\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55111629111639,"sku":"9781529158090","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0799\/4569\/5575\/files\/12002623482732.jpg?v=1790116667","url":"https:\/\/somiibooks.com\/products\/9781529158090","provider":"Somiibooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}