{"product_id":"the-house-of-the-red-a-j-demas-9781988086330","title":"The House of the Red Balconies","description":"\u003cp\u003eHylas has come to Tykanos to build an aqueduct. He has not come to enjoy the island's main attraction: the six houses where the companions of Tykanos, courtesans both female and male, offer tea and elegant conversation. Yet he cannot ignore them as he finds himself renting a room in one of the tea houses and meeting his neighbour, the beautiful, chronically ill companion Zo.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOver breakfasts in Zo's garden, the two men begin a friendship that transforms the isolation of their lives. But Hylas's aqueduct project is threatened by bureaucratic delays, and Zo is pressured to secure a rich patron to help support his failing house. When they have begun to hope that they have found a home in each other, the world seems intent on forcing them apart.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e A. J. Demas\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1988086337\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781988086330\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Sexton's Cottage Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/24\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 228\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.52d","brand":"A. J. Demas","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46070485057791,"sku":"9781988086330","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_22d66cec-c098-4246-976d-3d0e1bd7dc52.jpg?v=1724243406","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-house-of-the-red-a-j-demas-9781988086330","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}