{"product_id":"epicures-lament","title":"Epicure's Lament","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eEpicure's Lament\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eKate Christensen\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9780385720984\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eKnopf Doubleday Publishing Group\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2005\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003ePaperback\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdition: \u003c\/b\u003eReprint\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber of Pages: \u003c\/b\u003e368\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eExcellent, unmarked copy with little wear and tight binding. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003eHugo Whittier failed poet and former kept man is a wily misanthrope with a taste for whiskey, women, and his own cooking. Afflicted with a rare disease that will be fatal unless he quits smoking, Hugo retreats to his once aristocratic family s dilapidated mansion, determined to smoke himself to death without forfeiting any of his pleasures. To his chagrin, the world that he has forsaken is not quite finished with him. First, his sanctimonious older brother moves in, closely followed by his estranged wife, their alleged daughter, and his gay uncle. Infuriated at the violation of his sanctum, Hugo devises hilariously perverse ploys to send the intruders packing. Yet the unexpected consequences of his schemes keep forcing him to reconsider, however fleetingly, the more wholesome ingredients of love, and life itself.\"\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Epicure's Lament | Kate Christensen | Paperback | 9780385720984 | Used: Like New | Back Stacks B 1778637","offer_id":49814851223704,"sku":"1778637","price":9.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0492\/1609\/4360\/files\/81B94qHHynL.jpg?v=1788541673","url":"https:\/\/roundaboutbookstore.com\/products\/epicures-lament","provider":"Roundabout Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}