{"product_id":"the-last-enchantments-9781250063250","title":"The Last Enchantments","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Last Enchantments\u003c\/i\u003e is a powerfully moving and lyrically written novel. A young American embarks on a year at Oxford and has an impassioned affair that will change his life forever \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAfter graduating from Yale, William Baker, scion of an old line patrician family, goes to work in presidential politics. But when the campaign into which he's poured his heart ends in disappointment, he decides to leave New York behind, along with the devoted, ambitious, and well-connected woman he's been in love with for the last four years. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWill expects nothing more than a year off before resuming the comfortable life he's always known, but he's soon caught up in a whirlwind of unexpected friendships and romantic entanglements that threaten his safe plans. As he explores the heady social world of Oxford, he becomes fast friends with Tom, his snobbish but affable flat mate; Anil, an Indian economist with a deep love for gangster rap; Anneliese, a German historian obsessed with photography; and Timmo, whose chief ambition is to become a reality television star. What he's least prepared for is Sophie, a witty, beautiful and enigmatic woman who makes him question everything he knows about himself. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCharles Finch's \u003ci\u003eThe Last Enchantments\u003c\/i\u003e is a sweeping novel about love and loss that redefines what it means to grow up as an American in the twenty-first century.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCharles Finch\u003c\/b\u003e is the \u003ci\u003eUSA Today\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of the Charles Lenox mysteries, including \u003ci\u003eThe Vanishing Ma\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003en\u003c\/i\u003e. His first contemporary novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Last Enchantments, \u003c\/i\u003eis also available from St. Martin's Press. Finch received the 2017 Nona Balakian Citation for Excellence in Reviewing from the National Book Critics Circle. His essays and criticism have appeared in the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times, Slate, Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e, and elsewhere. He lives in Los Angeles.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"St. Martin's Griffin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50918015402258,"sku":"9781250063250","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_3c9edc25-c6e5-4e2b-8700-d0a5eece8a32.jpg?v=1738873928","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-last-enchantments-9781250063250","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}