{"product_id":"my-french-whore-a-love-story-paperback","title":"My French Whore: A Love Story - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGene Wilder\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe beloved actor and screenwriter Gene Wilder's first novel, \u003ci\u003eMy French Whore\u003c\/i\u003e, set during World War I, delicately and elegantly explores a most unusual romance. It's almost the end of the war and Paul Peachy, a young railway employee and amateur actor in Milwaukee, realizes his marriage is one-sided. He enlists, and ships off to France. Peachy instantly realizes how out of his depth he is--and never more so than when he is captured. Risking everything, Peachy--who as a child of immigrants speaks German--makes the reckless decision to impersonate one of the enemy's most famous spies. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs the urbane and accomplished spy Harry Stroller, Peachy has access to a world he could never have known existed--a world of sumptuous living, world-weary men, and available women. But when one of those women--Annie, a young, beautiful and wary courtesan--turns out to be more than she seems, Peachy's life is transformed forever.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGene Wilder (1933-2016) \u003c\/b\u003ebegan acting when he was thirteen and writing for the screen since the early 1970s. After a small role in Bonnie and Clyde pulled him away from a career onstage, he was nominated for an Academy Award as Best Supporting Actor for his role as Leo Bloom in The Producers, which led to Blazing Saddles and then to another Academy nomination, this time for writing Young Frankenstein. Wilder has appeared in twenty-five feature films and a number of stage productions. His first book, about his own life, was \u003ci\u003eKiss Me Like A Stranger, \u003c\/i\u003e and was followed by the novels \u003ci\u003eMy French Whore, The Woman Who Wouldn't, What Is This Thing Called Love?\u003c\/i\u003e and S\u003ci\u003eomething to Remember You By.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 192\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 8 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 05, 2008\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51758760067360,"sku":"9780312377991","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/b3226bec157fecf374581ecdc2ae8753.webp?v=1780134733","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/my-french-whore-a-love-story-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}