{"product_id":"paradise-news-paperback","title":"Paradise News - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDavid Lodge\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eParadise, tourist style. It's a very long way from home.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBernard Walsh is in Hawaii on family business, escorting his querulous father to the bedside of a long-forgotten aunt. His mission transports him from quiet obscurity in Rummridge, England, to a lush tropical playground, from cloistered solitude into the unfamiliar company of package tourists: honeymooners; young women looking for Mr. Nice; families nuclear and fissile. But it is the island itself that holds the most astonishing surprises, as an accidental encounter opens up to Bernard possibilities of life, and love, never dreamed of in his normally overcast habitat. \u003cb\u003eParadise News\u003c\/b\u003e is an enchanting--and very funny--portrait of the late flowering of an honest man.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eDavid Lodge is the author of twelve novels and a novella, including the Booker Prize finalists \u003cb\u003eSmall World\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003eNice Work\u003c\/b\u003e. He is also the author of many works of literary criticism, including \u003cb\u003eThe Art of Fiction\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003eConsciousness and the Novel\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 304\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.71 x 7.83 x 5.11 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 01, 1993\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51759297888544,"sku":"9780140165210","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/ad7913b4b9e27dc194a2bac9a0c715f3.webp?v=1780148462","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/paradise-news-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}