{"product_id":"a-worldly-country-9780061173844","title":"A Worldly Country","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThrill of a Romance \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt''s different when you have hiccups. \u003cbr\u003eEverything is—so many glad hands competing \u003cbr\u003efor your attention, a scarf, a puff of soot, \u003cbr\u003eor just a blast of silence from a radio. \u003cbr\u003eWhat is it? That''s for you to learn \u003cbr\u003eto your dismay when, at the end of a long queue \u003cbr\u003ein the cafeteria, tray in hand, they tell you the gate closed down \u003cbr\u003eafter the Second World War. Syracuse was declared capital \u003cbr\u003eof a nation in malaise, but the directorate \u003cbr\u003ehad other, hidden goals. To proclaim logic \u003cbr\u003ea casualty of truth was one. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEveryone''s solitude (and resulting promiscuity) \u003cbr\u003eperfumed the byways of villages we had thought civilized. \u003cbr\u003eI saw you waiting for a streetcar and pressed forward. \u003cbr\u003eAlas, you were only a child in armor. Now when ribald toasts \u003cbr\u003esail round a table too fair laid out, why the consequences \u003cbr\u003eare only dust, disease and old age. Pleasant memories \u003cbr\u003eare just that. So I chann\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HarperCollins Publishers Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49523868041559,"sku":"9780061173844","price":13.25,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780061173844.jpg?v=1731854710","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/a-worldly-country-9780061173844","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}