{"product_id":"the-shadow-and-the-peak-richard-mason-9781509852482","title":"The Shadow and the Peak","description":"\u003cp\u003eDouglas Lockwood came to Jamaica to recover from the heartbreak of a messy divorce. But instead of peace he found passion, and three women who threatened to turn the island idyll into a summer storm . . . \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe school at which Douglas has come to teach is perched on an isolated hilltop, and its pupils run wild while the staff are engaged in their own private wars. The headmaster's wife is trying to tempt him into an affair, but his heart lies with Judy, an air hostess he rescued from a plane crash. And in the background is Sylvia, an uncontrollable young girl who is madly in love with him and caught up in an adult world she doesn't understand.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA gorgeously cinematic novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Shadow and the Peak \u003c\/i\u003eis a gripping story by the bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe World of Suzie Wong. \u003c\/i\u003eIt was filmed in 1958 as \u003ci\u003ePassionate Summer, \u003c\/i\u003e starring Virginia McKenna and Bill Travers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Richard Mason\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1509852484\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781509852482\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Policy Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/13\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 300\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.76lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.25w x 0.67d","brand":"Richard Mason","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48518773604607,"sku":"9781509852482","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_81048467-7b63-4efb-8402-e4d462c24741.jpg?v=1778735590","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-shadow-and-the-peak-richard-mason-9781509852482","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}