{"product_id":"caracole-9780679764168","title":"Caracole","description":"In French \u003ci\u003ecaracole\u003c\/i\u003e means \"prancing\"; in English, \"caper.\" Both words perfectly describe this high-spirited erotic adventure. In \u003cb\u003eCaracole\u003c\/b\u003e, White invents an entire world where country gentry languish in decaying mansions and foppish intellectuals exchange lovers and gossip in an occupied city that resembles both Paris under the Nazis and 1980s New York. To that city comes Gabriel, an awkward boy from the provinces whose social na vet  and sexual ardor make him endlessly attractive to a variety of patrons and paramours. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A seduction through language, a masque without masks, \u003cb\u003eCaracole\u003c\/b\u003e brings back to startling life a dormant strain in serious American writing: the idea of the romantic.\"--Cynthia Ozick\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdmund White \u003c\/b\u003ewas born in Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1940. His fiction includes the autobiographical trilogy \u003ci\u003eA Boy\u003ci\u003e's\u003c\/i\u003e Own Story\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Beautiful Room Is Empty\u003c\/i\u003e, and\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Farewell Symphony\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as\u003ci\u003e Caracole\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eForgetting Elena\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Nocturnes for the King of Naples\u003c\/i\u003e, and\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eSkinned Alive\u003c\/i\u003e, a collection of short stories. He is also the author of a highly acclaimed biography of Jean Genet, a short study of Proust, a travel book about gay America--\u003ci\u003eStates of Desire\u003c\/i\u003e--and \u003ci\u003eOur Paris\u003c\/i\u003e. He is an officer of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres and teaches at Princeton University. He lives in New York City.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50327030333714,"sku":"9780679764168","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_c4d990b5-1f33-4516-a437-7fc0fd0d688c.jpg?v=1727708545","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/caracole-9780679764168","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}