{"product_id":"loverboys-ana-castillo-9780452277731","title":"Loverboys: Stories","description":"\u003cb\u003eLoverboys\u003c\/b\u003e is the award-winning author \u003cb\u003eAna Castillo's\u003c\/b\u003e stunning collection of twenty-three stories that depict the wildly varied faces of love, from rapturous beginnings to bittersweet endings.From the regret-tinged soulfulness of the title story in which a woman reminisces about a former lover, to the down-and-dirty settling of scores in \"Vatolandia\" to the high-spirited comedy of \"La Miss Rose,\" about a West Indian fortuneteller on a mission to help the lovelorn, Ana Castillo bares the secret hearts of women and men. By turns hopeful, hilarious, and heartbreaking, Loverboys is an irresistible pairing of author and subject. In prose that is at once erotic and eloquent, streetwise and surreal-in a voice like no other in recent literary fiction-Ana Castillo covers the waterfront of modern romance and proves why she is, in the words of Julia Alvarez, \"a first-rate storyteller.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ana Castillo\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0452277736\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780452277731\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Penguin Adult Hc\/Tr\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/01\/1997\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.42lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.02h x 5.35w x 0.62d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/31\/1997 pg. 20\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/07\/1997","brand":"Ana Castillo","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46094090338559,"sku":"9780452277731","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_c8b1e053-e4eb-4be1-af3d-6fe927073481.jpg?v=1724843656","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/loverboys-ana-castillo-9780452277731","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}