{"product_id":"caracole-edmund-white-9780679764168","title":"Caracole","description":"In French \u003ci\u003ecaracole\u003c\/i\u003e means \"prancing\"; in English, \"caper.\" Both words perfectly describe this high-spirited erotic adventure. In \u003cb\u003eCaracole\u003c\/b\u003e, White invents an entire world where country gentry languish in decaying mansions and foppish intellectuals exchange lovers and gossip in an occupied city that resembles both Paris under the Nazis and 1980s New York. To that city comes Gabriel, an awkward boy from the provinces whose social na vet  and sexual ardor make him endlessly attractive to a variety of patrons and paramours. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A seduction through language, a masque without masks, \u003cb\u003eCaracole\u003c\/b\u003e brings back to startling life a dormant strain in serious American writing: the idea of the romantic.\"--Cynthia Ozick\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Edmund White\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 067976416X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780679764168\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/28\/1996\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.89lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.62h x 5.38w x 0.77d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/09\/1996 pg. 36","brand":"Edmund White","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43990257205503,"sku":"9780679764168","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_5741178f-f559-4b23-b4b0-3835bd6a7a68.jpg?v=1683303849","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/caracole-edmund-white-9780679764168","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}