{"product_id":"the-stranger-at-the-palazzo-doro-and-other-stories-9780618485338","title":"The Stranger at the Palazzo D'Oro: And Other Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom the best-selling author of Dark Star Safari and Hotel Honolulu, Paul Theroux's latest offers provocative tales of memory and desire. The sensual story of an unusual love affair leads the collection. The thrill and risk of pursuit and conquest mark the accompanying stories, which tell of the sexual awakening and rites of passage of a Boston boyhood, the ruin of a writer in Africa, and the bewitchment of a retiree in Hawaii. Filled with Theroux's typically exquisite yet devastating descriptions of people and places, The Stranger at the Palazzo D'Oro evokes \"the complexities of matters of the heart with subtlety and grace\" (People).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTheroux, Paul:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - PAUL THEROUX is the author of many highly acclaimed books. His novels include \u003ci\u003eThe Lower River\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eJungle Lover\u003c\/i\u003es, and \u003ci\u003eThe Mosquito Coast\u003c\/i\u003e, and his renowned travel books include \u003ci\u003eGhost Train to the Eastern Star\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eDark Star Safari\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives in Hawaii and on Cape Cod.","brand":"Houghton Mifflin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50412748865810,"sku":"9780618485338","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_1a53c14e-4c50-48de-9c42-9e50beb96026.jpg?v=1729325336","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-stranger-at-the-palazzo-doro-and-other-stories-9780618485338","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}