{"product_id":"lost-horizon-9780062113726","title":"Lost Horizon","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"The most artful kind of suspense. . . ingenuity I have rarely seen equaled.\" -- \u003cem\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOriginally published in 1933, \u003cem\u003eLost Horizon\u003c\/em\u003e gained unrivaled popularity from coast to coast, particularly after Frank Capra's spellbinding 1937 film introduced audiences nationwide to its stunning tale of revolution, utopia, emotion, and adventure set in a hidden mountaintop escape known only as Shangri-La.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen an uprising in Baskul forces a small group of English and American residents to flee, their plane crash-lands in the far western reaches of the Tibetan Himalayas. There, the bewildered party finds themselves stranded outside the protective borders of the British Empire, and discovers access to a place beyond the bounds of the imagination--a legendary paradise, the mystic monastery Shangri-La.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHilton, James:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eJames Hilton was the author of more than twenty novels, including the bestselling \u003cem\u003eGood-bye, Mr. Chips\u003c\/em\u003e. He was also a screenwriter, with credits including such classic films as \u003cem\u003eMrs. Miniver\u003c\/em\u003e, which won an Academy Award for Best Screenplay in 1942, and Alfred Hitchcock's \u003cem\u003eForeign Correspondent\u003c\/em\u003e. Born in England in the year 1900, Hilton emigrated to the United States in the late 1930s. He died in 1954.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Perennial","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50619126350098,"sku":"9780062113726","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_301a4a64-7540-4b2c-9ab1-51438bec7116.jpg?v=1772012814","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/lost-horizon-9780062113726","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}