{"product_id":"super-host-9781472270023","title":"Super Host","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhat do you do when you're left with a large house? Fill it of course... A wry, warm novel of life, love and loneliness - perfect for readers of Nina Stibbe, Katherine Heiny and Andrew Sean Greer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eExploring identity, creativity and second chances, Russo's midlife drama is \u003cb\u003ewise, tender and surprising\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e * Mail on Sunday *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBrimming with...pure affection\u003c\/b\u003e * The New York Times Book Review *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFunny, sharp, and artistic\u003c\/b\u003e...\u003cb\u003eA wonderful book flanked with irony, perversity, \u003ci\u003eRear Window\u003c\/i\u003e voyeurism, and women who understand the task of reinvention\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSuper Host\u003c\/i\u003e is a case study of what we talk about when we talk about success\u003c\/p\u003e * Lit Hub *\u003cbr\u003eIn Russo's \u003cb\u003echarming and poignant\u003c\/b\u003e debut...the author writes with \u003cb\u003ewarm sympathy and humour\u003c\/b\u003e. A treat for fans of Nick Hornby and Tom Perrotta * Kirkus *\u003cbr\u003eThis is the \u003cb\u003ecompulsively readable\u003c\/b\u003e story of Bennett, a once-famous artist now divorced and impoverished, who lives in his garden studio and spies on his tenants through the windows. \u003ci\u003eSuper Host\u003c\/i\u003e is \u003cb\u003ehilarious, and touching\u003c\/b\u003e, too; \u003cb\u003eKate Russo is a terrific storyteller.\u003c\/b\u003e * Claire Messud *\u003cbr\u003eI gobbled up \u003ci\u003eSuper Host\u003c\/i\u003e, Kate Russo's \u003cb\u003esmart, funny, and surprising\u003c\/b\u003e first novel. She writes with such a \u003cb\u003egenerous and insightful \u003c\/b\u003eeye about \u003cb\u003elove, loneliness and artistic ambition\u003c\/b\u003e, and has redrawn the lines that connect people in fiction through the most modern and unlikely of settings, the home share. * Jess Walter *\u003cbr\u003eKate Russo's debut \u003ci\u003eSuper Host\u003c\/i\u003e is \u003cb\u003epure delight-smart, fun, poignant, and deeply satisfying. I loved it\u003c\/b\u003e * Lily King *\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSuper Host\u003c\/i\u003e isn't just a \u003cb\u003echarming, compulsively readable\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eromantically suspenseful\u003c\/b\u003e novel about \u003cb\u003ea lonely man who gets himself emotionally enmeshed with a series of short-term tenants. \u003c\/b\u003eKate Russo's \u003cb\u003ewise and funny\u003c\/b\u003e debut also has a lot to say about the courage it takes to start over in the middle of your life. It's \u003cb\u003ea\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003ejoy\u003c\/b\u003e from start to finish. * Tom Perrotta *","brand":"Headline Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48739448062295,"sku":"9781472270023","price":9.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781472270023.jpg?v=1720052272","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/super-host-9781472270023","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}