{"product_id":"bluebeards-castle-s-p-somtow-9780595659128","title":"Bluebeard's Castle","description":"\"...the J.D. Salinger of Siam\"\u003cbr\u003e--George Axelrod, Oscar-winning screenwriter of \u003ci\u003eBreakfast at Tiffany's\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"S. P. Somtow doesn't write like anybody else...and when he wants to spook you, he can drive the chill bone deep.\"\u003cbr\u003e--Dean Koontz\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn an exotic re-telling of the fairytale of Bluebeard, a New Age thirty-something is swept off her feet by an enigmatic Thai millionaire and soon finds herself in Bangkok's brave new world of shamans, shopping malls, and high society serial killers.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOriginally written as a cliff-hanging serial for Bangkok's \u003ci\u003eThe Nation\u003c\/i\u003e newspaper, \u003ci\u003eBluebeard's Castle\u003c\/i\u003e is a roller-coaster novel that leapfrogs from genre to genre and culture to culture, turning the western preconception of Bangkok as a \"city of temples and prostitutes\" on its ear. A darkly comic odyssey populated with wild characters, with intimate glimpses into a culture rarely written about.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e S. P. Somtow\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0595659128\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780595659128\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e iUniverse\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/17\/2003\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 280\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.38lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.74h x 7.00w x 0.97d","brand":"S. P. Somtow","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48435577913599,"sku":"9780595659128","price":27.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_69391f7e-6877-4c35-854e-b9744139c7c7.jpg?v=1777151309","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/bluebeards-castle-s-p-somtow-9780595659128","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}