{"product_id":"the-florentine-papers-9781966218005","title":"The Florentine Papers","description":"\u003cp\u003eThom Palmer's richly imagined first novel offers a hilarious yet bittersweet examination of food, art, and love. The unnamed narrator of this brilliantly conceived farce, a struggling poet in San Francisco, finds that his life takes a dramatic turn when he meets and falls hopelessly in love with enigmatic young Maria Perpetua, a brainy and seductive food writer composing an encyclopedic masterpiece on spinach. Their ill-fated romance, and the consequences of her sudden rise to cult fame, form the core of a mock memoir related in a highly original fictional voice. Funny, strange, and poignant, The Florentine Papers is a sumptuous feast of food and language, a novel The Washington Post called \"a fascinating tale with two marvelously memorable characters.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePalmer, Thom:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Thom Palmer lives and writes in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The Florentine Papers is his first novel. He is also the author of a second, Desire.","brand":"Tivoli Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51589775753490,"sku":"9781966218005","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_0ffc0a52-4fe6-4e31-8d2e-d5795208e5ca.jpg?v=1756806134","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-florentine-papers-9781966218005","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}