{"product_id":"the-romantic-william-boyd-9780593536797","title":"The Romantic","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom the award-winning, internationally best-selling author, a beguiling romp of a novel, at once intimate and panoramic, about the adventures and misadventures of a nineteenth-century everyman\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Picaresque, big-hearted and moving, this is Boyd at the top of his game.\" \u003c\/b\u003e--\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOne man, many lives . . . Cashel Greville Ross experiences more of everything than most, from the rapturous to the devastating, from surprising good luck to unexpected loss. Born in 1799, Cashel seeks his fortune across the turbulence of multiple continents, from County Cork to rural Massachusetts, from Waterloo to Zanzibar, embedded with the East Indian Army in Sri Lanka, sunning himself alongside the Romantic poets in Pisa. He travels the world as a soldier, a farmer, a felon, a writer, even a father. And he experiences all the vicissitudes of existence, including a once-in-a-lifetime love that will haunt the rest of his days. In the end, his great accomplishment is to discover who he truly is--which is the romance of life itself, and the beating heart of \u003ci\u003eThe Romantic\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e William Boyd\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0593536797\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780593536797\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Alfred A. Knopf\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/15\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 464\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 6.50w x 1.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal Prepub Alert\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2023 pg. 12\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/15\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/19\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/2023 pg. 34\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/18\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBookPage\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2023","brand":"William Boyd","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44076442190079,"sku":"9780593536797","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_51706e17-727a-4e10-8c6c-8286e6ad40dd.jpg?v=1685465014","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-romantic-william-boyd-9780593536797","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}