{"product_id":"cupid-in-africa-p-c-wren-9781976242748","title":"Cupid in Africa","description":"Nor, when the Great War broke out, and gave him something fresh to do and to think about, were there many sadder and unhappier men. His had been a luckless and unfortunate life, what with his two wives and his one son; his excellent intentions and deplorable achievements; his kindly heart and harsh exterior; his narrow escapes of decoration, recognition and promotion. At cards he was not lucky-and in love he . . . well-his first wife, whom he adored, died after a year of him; and his second ran away after three months of his society. She ran away with Mr. Charles Stayne-Brooker (elsewhere the Herr Doktor Karl Stein-Brücker), the man of all men, whom he particularly and peculiarly loathed. And his son, his only son and heir! The boy was a bitter disappointment to him, turning out badly-a poet, an artist, a musician, a wretched student and \"intellectual,\" a fellow who won prizes and scholarships and suchlike by the hatful, and never carried off, or even tried for, a \"pot,\" in his life. Took after his mother, poor boy, and was the first of the family, since God-knows-when, to grow up a dam' civilian.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e P. C. Wren\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1976242746\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781976242748\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Createspace Independent Publishing Platform\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/09\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 266\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.79lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.56d","brand":"P. C. Wren","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47200954745087,"sku":"9781976242748","price":16.89,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_3a7e91b2-0204-40aa-aff2-1e9f61d80d3a.jpg?v=1756788401","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/cupid-in-africa-p-c-wren-9781976242748","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}