{"product_id":"a-man-of-no-moon-jenny-mcphee-9781582434629","title":"A Man of No Moon","description":"It's 1948, and postwar Rome is giddy and chaotic. Poet Dante Sabato is attending yet another film industry soir馥 at Tullio Merlini's apartment off the Via del Corso. Disaffected and deeply self-absorbed, Dante finds Tullio's glamorous evenings tedious but welcomed any distraction. This raining evening, the distraction is double: sisters Gladys and Prudence Godfrey, both beautiful, sharp-witted, and remarkably compelling American actresses who have recently arrived in Rome. This new acquaintances leave the party together, and so begins a story of three damaged people struggling to live with their memories, and with themselves. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Exhausted by fascism and the Second World War, Dante finds refuge in the hope offered by the resurgent cinema, by American literature, and, in particular, by the pragmatic optimism and sexual energy of his American lovers. But after decades of struggling to defend the fallibility of his art, his nation, his family, and his own humanity, he remains convinced that the best expression of hope is to give up his life. The question for Dante is: Can Gladys and Prudence change his mind? Will he let them?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jenny McPhee\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 158243462X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781582434629\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Catapult\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/17\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.40w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/22\/2009 pg. 20","brand":"Jenny McPhee","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44124903932159,"sku":"9781582434629","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_e10939fa-1dce-486f-89cd-b628131b8850.jpg?v=1687439496","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-man-of-no-moon-jenny-mcphee-9781582434629","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}