{"product_id":"napa-at-last-light-9781501128462","title":"Napa at Last Light","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"For decades, James Conaway has kept a keen eye on this unusually fecund—and fraught—piece of ground, and has meticulously charted its long, sad decline toward some sort of thematic caricature of itself, a Disney World of the Grape. In this fine book, we see how that decline happened. It’s all here: The titanic egos, the real estate wrangling, the corporate high jinks that, little by little, brought this sun-kissed paradise firmly under the spell of Mammon.\" \u003cb\u003e—Hampton Sides, bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eBlood and Thunder \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e In the Kingdom of Ice.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“This is a stunning and sad look at how an idyllic community became a victim of its own success…fascinating and well-researched.”\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e, Starred Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Characters lifted from soap operas, environmental degradation born of hubris, and out-of-balance wines that smack of masstige: James Conway has written a gossipy allegory for our profit-drunk times.”—\u003cb\u003eJohn T. Edge\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eau\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003ethor of \u003ci\u003eThe Potlikker Papers: A Food History of the Modern South \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49531338555735,"sku":"9781501128462","price":16.14,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781501128462.jpg?v=1731882716","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/napa-at-last-light-9781501128462","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}