{"product_id":"voices-in-the-garden-dirk-bogarde-9781448206803","title":"Voices in the Garden","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFirst published 1981, this is Dirk Bogarde's second novel.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe fabulous but wavering old Lady \"Cuckoo\" Peverill, lives with her husband, Napoleon-mad military historian, Archie. Dissatisfied and overcome by sheer boredom, she ventures down to the lake at the edge of their estate, pockets filled with stones, she begins to walk into the water. Before she is too deeply submerged, she is pulled away by sparsely-clothed drifter, Marcus Pollock. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFeigning that he merely saved her from an 'accident', he is brought back to the villa, where he moves in. Cue the arrival of Marcus' girlfriend, as well as a whole horde of eccentric film-makers and you have the stage set for an effortlessly entertaining story. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSet in Cap Ferrat, in one of the last great villas of the twenties, \u003ci\u003eVoices in the Garden\u003c\/i\u003e is a heart-felt tale of mature and immature love.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Dirk Bogarde\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1448206804\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781448206803\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Reader\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/20\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 374\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.26lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.83d","brand":"Dirk Bogarde","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48013932003583,"sku":"9781448206803","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_b5c530f5-9683-4b9a-8eab-9a82f8114863.jpg?v=1767745669","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/voices-in-the-garden-dirk-bogarde-9781448206803","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}