{"product_id":"so-lovers-dream-alec-waugh-9781448201075","title":"So Lovers Dream","description":"This is not the only one of Alec Waugh's novels in which he has described the agonies of a couple who are desperately in love but cannot marry, for it is a situation that he has himself lived through. But it is in this novel that he has drawn most specifically upon experiences he has only alluded to in other books.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHis protagonist is Gordon Carruthers, who was also the hero of \u003ci\u003eThe Loom of Youth\u003c\/i\u003e, that then shocking and revelatory novel of public-school life. Now transformed into a globe-trotting writer, Carruthers falls in love with a beautiful American socialite, and eventually, while her husband is away, they begin an affair. For reasons that only gradually become clear, their situation seems to be a cul-de-sac, leading to a denouement that is both surprising and, paradoxically, the only possible one.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSo Lovers Dream\u003c\/i\u003e is an autobiographical novel in more ways than one. Into it Waugh put not only his love affair but his home, his literary agent, the details of his own life. This makes it both an enthralling tale and a candid self-revelation, and as always in this writer's work, an affectionate evocation of a time he has lived through.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Alec Waugh\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1448201071\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781448201075\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Publishing PLC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/20\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 370\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.14lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.77d","brand":"Alec Waugh","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44213184856319,"sku":"9781448201075","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_c322fea1-3460-498b-a062-a92fb3c3c9f5.jpg?v=1692112516","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/so-lovers-dream-alec-waugh-9781448201075","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}