{"product_id":"the-least-of-it-peter-nash-9781953236081","title":"The Least of It","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOpening one late spring morning in Mexico City, at Casa Barrag疣, the former home and studio of the Mexican architect, Luis Barrag疣, \u003cem\u003eThe Least of It\u003c\/em\u003e tells the seemingly placid tale of a man, an unnamed American translator, who is reunited with his longtime friend, a New York psychiatrist, after years of estrangement. At the heart of their disaffection is his friend's ex-wife, Simin, a brilliant, headstrong, and beautiful woman with whom the narrator has always been in love, a love that has never been requited, except in the confidences she has shared with him over the years, secrets that have not only compromised his relationship with his friend but have rendered him all but incapable of speech.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSpanning a single day, the novel follows the two characters as they tour the small museum, then amble their way to Chapultepec Park, a vast and sprawling park in the center of Mexico City, through which they walk and talk, finally making their way, just as evening is falling, into the fashionable neighborhood of Condesa, where, after dinner in a local restaurant, they part ways for good. With its hints of Shakespeare's \u003cem\u003eOthello\u003c\/em\u003e and of the late novels of Henry James, The Least of It is a story of jealousy and deception, of innocence and complicity, of the role of one man in the betrayal and destruction of another.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Peter Nash\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1953236081\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781953236081\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Fomite\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/07\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 150\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.37lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.35d","brand":"Peter Nash","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44044182290687,"sku":"9781953236081","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_c4426500-23db-4137-adcc-c8c1695f2034.jpg?v=1684971395","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-least-of-it-peter-nash-9781953236081","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}