{"product_id":"small-g-a-summer-idyll","title":"Small G A Summer Idyll","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBY THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF \u003ci\u003eTHE TALENTED MR RIPLEY\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCAROL\u003c\/i\u003e AND \u003ci\u003eSTRANGERS ON A TRAIN\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCompleted just months before Patricia Highsmith''s death in 1995, \u003ci\u003eSmall g\u003c\/i\u003e explores the labyrinthine intricacies of passion, sexuality, and jealousy in a charming tale of love misdirected.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''It has a serenity rarely found in Highsmith''s world'' GEOFFREY ELBORN, \u003ci\u003eGUARDIAN\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''What is most remarkable in this novel is the empathy . . . with which Highsmith writes about gay men'' FRANCIS KING, \u003ci\u003eSPECTATOR \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e''Like Ripley, [Highsmith''s characters] burn in a reader''s memory''\u003ci\u003e L\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eOS ANGELES TIMES BOOK REVIEW\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAt the ''small g'', a Zurich bar known for its not exclusively gay clientele, the lives of a small community are played out one summer.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRickie Markwalder is a designer whose lover Petey was brutally murdered. Rickie and his performing dog Lulu are regulars at the bar, as are vindictive Renate, a seamstress, and her teenage apprentice Luisa. Into their lives comes Teddie, impressionable and beautiful, and a catalyst for the series of events that will change everything.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePatricia Highsmith''s final novel is an intricate exploration of love and sexuality, the depths of spite and the triumph of human kindness.  It is a work that, in the tradition of Shakespeare''s \u003ci\u003eA Midsummer Night''s Dream\u003c\/i\u003e, shows us how bizarre and unpredictable love can be. \u003ci\u003eSmall g\u003c\/i\u003e, in the words of her biographer Andrew Wilson, is an ''extended fairy tale suggesting that . . . happiness is precarious and . . . romance should be embraced''.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57319176470910,"sku":"NW9780349004990","price":10.77,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9780349004990.jpg?v=1778649651","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/products\/small-g-a-summer-idyll","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}