{"product_id":"paris-trance-geoff-dyer-9780312429447","title":"Paris Trance: A Romance","description":"\u003cp\u003ePeople talk about love at first sight, about the way that men and women fall for each other immediately, but there is also such a thing as friendship at first sight. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLuke moves to Paris with the idea of writing a novel but things get in the way. He becomes friends with a fellow expatriate, Alex; then he falls in love with Nicole. Alex meets Sahra, and the two couples form an intimacy that changes their lives. As they discover the clubs and caf駸 of the eleventh arrondissement, the four become inseparable, united by deeply held convictions about dating strategies, tunneling in P.O.W. films, and, crucially, the role of the Styrofoam cup in action movies. Experiencing the exhilarating highs of Ecstasy and sex, they reach a peak of rapture-the comedown from which is unexpected and devastating. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this book, Geoff Dyer fixes a dream of happiness-and its aftermath-with photographic precision. Boldly erotic and hauntingly elegiac, comic and romantic, \u003ci\u003eParis Trance\u003c\/i\u003e confirms Dyer as one of England's most original and talented writers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Geoff Dyer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0312429444\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780312429447\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e St. Martins Press-3PL\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/30\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.50w x 0.90d","brand":"Geoff Dyer","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43992935334143,"sku":"9780312429447","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_99a190af-9b43-4cb8-800d-28087ced47a2.jpg?v=1683321621","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/paris-trance-geoff-dyer-9780312429447","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}