{"product_id":"stranger-at-the-palazzo-doro","title":"Stranger at the Palazzo d'Oro","description":"\u003cp\u003eAward-winning writer Paul Theroux tells four exhilarating stories of desire in which nothing is as it seems in \u003ci\u003eThe Stranger at the Palazzo d'Oro\u003c\/i\u003e.   \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA young American walks into Sicily's Palazzo d'Oro during the '60s. Penniless, but swaggering with youth and burgeoning artistic talent, he accepts a proposition to become the companion to a beautiful and beguiling aristocrat. Their affair- formal and restrained by day, torrid and passionate by night - leads him to a place where nothing, not even his lover, is what it seems. This novella and three other tales explore the underbelly of sexual desire and together make up one of Paul Theroux's most compelling works yet. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Theroux is a distinctive and daring writer. . . he is at his best when shadowing the fugitive feelings which are the outriders of desire' \u003ci\u003eIndependent\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A decadent, engrossing collection. Whether evoking the bored sophistication of European aristocrats, or the compulsive smuttiness of American teenagers, Theroux writes with an economy and grace which is hard to resist' \u003ci\u003eMail on Sunday\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Theroux's eye for detail is seductive and imagination compelling' \u003ci\u003eIrish Independent\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAmerican travel writer Paul Theroux is known for the rich descriptions of people and places that is often streaked with his distinctive sense of irony; his novels and collected short stories, \u003ci\u003eMy Other Life\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Collected Stories\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMy Secret History\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Lower River\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eA Dead Hand\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMillroy the Magician\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Elephanta Suite\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSaint Jack\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Consul's File\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Family Arsenal\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Mosquito Coast\u003c\/i\u003e, and his works of non-fiction, including the iconic \u003ci\u003eThe Great Railway Bazaar\u003c\/i\u003e are available from Penguin.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Books Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54218311303512,"sku":"9780141011127","price":19.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780141011127_2b6dbe18-5802-4116-b925-c66e488230c2.jpg?v=1770183036","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/stranger-at-the-palazzo-doro","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}