{"product_id":"the-key-biscayne-affair-xita-rubert-9780063470910","title":"The Key Biscayne Affair","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the Herralde Novel Prize\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA darkly funny coming-of-age novel where Florida's sun-drenched strangeness meets the dangers of derelict parenting and misplaced devotion\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn eccentric Spanish philosophy professor relocates with his two children, a boy and a girl, from Boston to a gated island off the coast of Miami. The kids have come to the US to learn English and spend time with their father after a heated custody battle. But as the professor is embraced by a glittering social scene and his seemingly fun, innocent antics tip into recklessness, the children receive a very different kind of education.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this lush, sharply observed novel, an unnamed, unreliable narrator remembers her surreal stay on Key Biscayne, where nobody lives unless they have something to hide. As the narrator is gradually drawn into the island's morally ambiguous world, putting her innocence at risk, she begins to overidentify with her father. She becomes not just witness but also accomplice to his erratic behavior, acquiescing to his efforts to isolate herself and her brother from their concerned mother, whose calls from Spain go unanswered.\u003c\/p\u003eThe Key Biscayne Affair is a tender, disorienting, and deeply disquieting coming-of-age story disguised as a psychological thriller. Xita Rubert delivers a powerful meditation on childhood and the knotty truths that memory leaves behind.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Xita Rubert\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0063470918\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780063470910\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Ecco Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/10\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.42lbs","brand":"Xita Rubert","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48460341051647,"sku":"9780063470910","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_73f61565-d801-4778-8f10-e16b0ec103e3.jpg?v=1777414111","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-key-biscayne-affair-xita-rubert-9780063470910","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}