{"product_id":"up-at-the-villa-9780375724626","title":"Up at the Villa","description":"Now a major motion picture from USA Films starring Kristin Scott Thomas and Sean Penn, and director Philip Haas (director of \u003cb\u003eAngels and Insects\u003c\/b\u003e). \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003cb\u003eUp at the Villa\u003c\/b\u003e, W. Somerset Maugham portrays a wealthy young English woman who finds herself confronted rather brutally by the repercussions of whimsy. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOn the day her older and prosperous friend asks her to marry him, Mary Leonard demurs and decides to postpone her reply a few days. But driving into the hills above Florence alone that evening, Mary offers a ride to a handsome stranger. And suddenly, her life is utterly, irrevocably altered. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor this stranger is a refugee of war, and he harbors more than one form of passion. Before morning, Mary will witness bloodshed, she will be forced to seek advice and assistance from an unsavory man, and she will have to face the truth about her own yearnings. Erotic, haunting, and maddeningly suspenseful, \u003cb\u003eUp at the Villa\u003c\/b\u003e is a masterful tale of temptation and the capricious nature of fate.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eW. Somerset Maugham lived in France and England. He died in 1965.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Vintage","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50410801168658,"sku":"9780375724626","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_2fe804ef-0af3-4cfb-b493-db18cc3744ac.jpg?v=1729307775","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/up-at-the-villa-9780375724626","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}