{"product_id":"kiss-tell-9780312155612","title":"Kiss \u0026 Tell","description":"\u003cp\u003eDr. Samuel Johnson observed that everyone's life is a subject worthy of the biographer's art. Accused by a former girlfriend of being unable to empathize, the narrator of Alain de Botton's \u003ci\u003eKiss \u0026amp; Tell\u003c\/i\u003e takes Johnson's idea to heart and decides to write about the next person who walks into his life. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHe meets Isabel Rogers, a production assistant at a small stationery company in London, apparently an ordinary woman. But as the biographer's understanding of Isabel deepens, she becomes remarkable. Her smallest quirks, private habits, and opinions become worthy of the most painstaking investigation-and unexpectedly attractive to her biographer.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlain De Botton\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Switzerland in 1969, educated at Cambridge, and lives in London. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Romantic Movemen\u003c\/i\u003et (Picador) and \u003ci\u003eHow Proust Can Change Your Life\u003c\/i\u003e. His first novel, \u003ci\u003eOn Love\u003c\/i\u003e, was published in fifteen countries, and was a finalist for the \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e Book Award for Fiction.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Picador USA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50523523350802,"sku":"9780312155612","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_0abc6e85-3450-4cc9-b301-bdfa02aaffd7.jpg?v=1731150635","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/kiss-tell-9780312155612","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}