{"product_id":"in-love-9781590176665","title":"In Love","description":"\u003cb\u003eThis \"heart-stoppingly good\" masterpiece about a crumbling love affair in 1950s New York perfectly captures \"the desperate desire for love and the recognition that it is slipping away\" (\u003ci\u003eSlate\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\"One of the greatest, bleakest breakup stories ever told.\" --\u003ci\u003e The New York Observer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e New York in the 1950s. A man on a barstool is telling a story about a woman he met in a bar, early married and soon divorced, her child farmed out to her parents, good-looking, if a little past her prime. They'd gone out, they'd grown close, but as far as he was concerned it didn't add up to much. He was a busy man. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Then one day, out dancing, she runs into a rich awkward lovelorn businessman. He'll pay for her to be his, pay her a lot. And now the narrator discovers that he is as much in love with her as she is with him, perhaps more, though it will take him a while to realize just how utterly lost he is. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Executed with the cool smoky brilliance of a classic Miles Davis track, \u003ci\u003eIn Love\u003c\/i\u003e is an unequaled exploration of the tethered--and untethered--heart.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlfred Hayes\u003c\/b\u003e (1911-1985) was born into a Jewish family in Whitechapel, London, though his father, a barber, trained violinist, and sometime bookie, moved the family to New York when Hayes was three. After attending City College, Hayes worked as a reporter for the \u003ci\u003eNew York American\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eDaily Mirror\u003c\/i\u003e and began to publish poetry, including \"Joe Hill,\" about the legendary labor organizer, which was later set to music by the composer Earl Robinson and recorded by Joan Baez. During World War II Hayes was assigned to a special services unit in Italy; after the war he stayed on in Rome, where he contributed to the story development and scripts of several classic Italian neorealist films, including Roberto Rossellini's \u003ci\u003ePaisà\u003c\/i\u003e (1946) and Vittorio De Sica's \u003ci\u003eBicycle Thieves \u003c\/i\u003e(1948), and gathered material for two popular novels, \u003ci\u003eAll Thy Conquests\u003c\/i\u003e (1946) and \u003ci\u003eThe Girl on the Via Flaminia\u003c\/i\u003e (1949), the latter the basis for the 1953 film \u003ci\u003eAct of Love\u003c\/i\u003e, starring Kirk Douglas. In the late 1940s Hayes went to work in Hollywood, writing screenplays for \u003ci\u003eClash by Night\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eA Hatful of Rain\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Left Hand of God\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eJoy in the Morning\u003c\/i\u003e, and Fritz Lang's \u003ci\u003eHuman Desire\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as scripts for television. Hayes was the author of seven novels, a collection of stories, and three volumes of poetry. In addition to \u003ci\u003eIn Love\u003c\/i\u003e, NYRB Classics publishes \u003ci\u003eMy Face for the World to See\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrederic Raphael\u003c\/b\u003e is a screenwriter, playwright, novelist, translator, and critic. His screenwriting credits include \u003ci\u003eDarling\u003c\/i\u003e (for which he won an Oscar), \u003ci\u003eFar from the Madding Crowd\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTwo for the Road\u003c\/i\u003e, and, with the director Stanley Kubrick, \u003ci\u003eEyes Wide Shut\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"New York Review of Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50515867074834,"sku":"9781590176665","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_dafa6c53-92a5-46d7-8694-edb77ec4514c.jpg?v=1731014096","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/in-love-9781590176665","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}