{"product_id":"the-genius-and-the-goddess-9780061724909","title":"The Genius and the Goddess","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAldous Huxley's unforgettable tale of a brilliant physicist, his beautiful wife, and the young man who tears their world apart.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThirty years ago, ecstasy and torment took hold of John Rivers, shocking him out of \"half-baked imbecility into something more nearly resembling the human form.\" He had an affair with the wife of his mentor, Henry Maartens--a pathbreaking physicist, winner of the Nobel Prize, and a figure of blinding brilliance--bringing the couple to ruin. Now, on Christmas Eve while a small grandson sleeps upstairs, John Rivers is moved to set the record straight about the great man and the radiant, elemental creature he married, who viewed the renowned genius through undazzled eyes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHuxley, Aldous:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eAldous Huxley (1894-1963) is the author of the classic novels \u003cem\u003eBrave New World\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eIsland\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eEyeless in Gaza\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eThe Genius and the Goddess\u003c\/em\u003e, as well as such critically acclaimed nonfiction works as \u003cem\u003eThe Perennial Philosophy\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Doors of Perception\u003c\/em\u003e. Born in Surrey, England, and educated at Oxford, he died in Los Angeles, California.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Perennial","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50652070969618,"sku":"9780061724909","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_55f12ce0-eaee-4165-8fa3-5e9839840bb2.jpg?v=1733316866","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-genius-and-the-goddess-9780061724909","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}