{"product_id":"floating-city-9780345809902","title":"Floating City","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the prize-winning author of\u003ci\u003e The Electrical Field \u003c\/i\u003ecomes\u003ci\u003e Citizen Kane\u003c\/i\u003e reimagined: a novel about ambition and the relentless desire to belong. Shortlisted for the Toronto Book Awards.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrankie Hanesaka isn't afraid of a little hard work. An industrious boy, if haunted by the mysterious figures of his mother's past in Japan, he grows up in a floating house in the harbour of Port Alberni, BC. With all the Japanese bachelors passing through town to work in the logging camps and lumber mills, maybe he could build a hotel on the water, too. Make a few dollars. But then the war comes, and Frankie finds himself in a mountai n internment camp, his small dreams of success dashed by the great tides of history. \u003cbr\u003e     After the war, Frankie tries his luck in Toronto, where possibility awaits in the form of a patron who teaches him how to turn effort into money, and a starry-eyed architect who teaches Frankie something harder to come by: the abili","brand":"Vintage Canada","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49524980842839,"sku":"9780345809902","price":14.36,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780345809902.jpg?v=1731858820","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/floating-city-9780345809902","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}