{"product_id":"alexander-iliyan-nanchev-9781919540610","title":"Alexander","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLondon, 1989. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSix inevitable months. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen the National Gallery acquires an impossibly damaged painting, a renowned artist from Warsaw crosses the Iron Curtain on a mission to restore both the mysterious masterpiece and himself. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs historic change sweeps Europe and the Cold War drifts towards its end, Alexander enters the hypnotic, nicotine-fuelled haze of late-1980s London, where nothing is what it seems. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAway from a continent in flux and his powerful, overbearing father, Alexander arrives in a world obsessed with his talent. It's the weekly Monday afternoon calls and his new friends that keep him sane. Not for long. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd Tom? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs history gathers speed, Alexander's world begins to unravel.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlexander is a story of battles: with time, with forbidden desire, with the inadequacy of language, with hope. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Iliyan Nanchev\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 191954061X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781919540610\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Seven Kap Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/31\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 312\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.68lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.70d","brand":"Iliyan Nanchev","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49084115878143,"sku":"9781919540610","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/alexander-iliyan-nanchev-9781919540610","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}