{"product_id":"the-crimson-petal-and-the-white-9780156028776","title":"The Crimson Petal and the White","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eA teenage prostitute ascends through the many layers of Victorian London society in this highly acclaimed \"big, sexy, bravura novel\" (\u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eLondon, 1870s. At the heart of this panoramic narrative is a young woman's struggle to lift her body and soul out of the gutter. Sugar, a nineteen-year-old whore in the brothel of the terrifying Mrs. Castaway, yearns for a better life. Her ascent through the strata of Victorian society begins with the egotistical perfume magnate William Rackham. Infatuated with Sugar, William's patronage brings her into the circles of his family and milieu: his wife who barely overcomes chronic hysteria to make her appearances during \"the Season\"; his mysteriously hidden-away daughter, left to the care of minions; his pious brother, foiled in his devotional calling by his lust for the Widow Fox; as well as preening socialites, drunken journalists, untrustworthy servants, vile guttersnipes, and whores of all stripes and persuasions.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eTwenty years in its conception, research, and writing, \u003cem\u003eThe Crimson Petal and the White\u003c\/em\u003e is teeming with life, rich in texture and incident, with breathtakingly real characters. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Cocky and brilliant, amused and angry, [Faber] is rightfully earning comparisons to observer extraordinaire Charles Dickens. . . . It's hopeless to resist\" (\u003cem\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/em\u003e).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFaber, Michel:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Michel Faber's work has been published in twenty countries and received several literary awards. He lives in Scotland.","brand":"Harper Paperbacks","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50668925878546,"sku":"9780156028776","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_0d1c86fa-5472-40a7-a7f5-89ac5b725cbf.jpg?v=1733752594","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-crimson-petal-and-the-white-9780156028776","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}