{"product_id":"the-adventures-of-john-carson-in-several-quarters-of-the-world-a-novel-of-robert-louis-stevenson-paperback","title":"The Adventures of John Carson in Several Quarters of the World: A Novel of Robert Louis Stevenson - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBrian Doyle\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"An affectionate homage...a loving reconstruction of an era of storytelling now lost.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\" A] triumph...If a writer is going to put on Stevenson's voice, he'd better, as the poets say, 'bring it.' Reader, Doyle has brought it...\u003ci\u003eAdventures\u003c\/i\u003e is a tonic for our bitter times.\" --\u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe young Robert Louis Stevenson, living in a boarding house in San Francisco while waiting for his beloved's divorce from her feckless husband, dreamed of writing a soaring novel about his landlady's adventurous and globe-trotting husband--but he never got around to it. And very soon thereafter he was married, headed home to Scotland, and on his way to becoming the most famous novelist in the world, after writing such classics as \u003ci\u003eTreasure Island, The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e Kidnapped.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut now Brian Doyle brings Stevenson's untold tale to life, braiding the adventures of seaman John Carson with those of a young Stevenson, wandering the streets of San Francisco, gathering material for his fiction, and yearning for his beloved across the bay. An adventure tale, an elegy to one of the greatest writers of our language, a time-traveling plunge into The City by the Bay during its own energetic youth, \u003ci\u003eThe Adventures of John Carson in Several Quarters of the World\u003c\/i\u003e is entertaining, poignant, and sensual.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBRIAN DOYLE (1956-2017)\u003c\/b\u003e was the longtime editor of \u003ci\u003ePortland Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e at the University of Portland, and the author of numerous books of essays, fiction, poems, and nonfiction, among them the novels \u003ci\u003eMink River\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Plover, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eMartin Marten\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eChicago\u003c\/i\u003e. Honors for his work include the American Academy of Arts \u0026amp; Letters Award in Literature. He lived in Portland, Oregon.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 240\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 8.2 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 03, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51761021354272,"sku":"9781250160249","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/2fa4bbf26332cf34d59374a20cb36021.webp?v=1780197388","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-adventures-of-john-carson-in-several-quarters-of-the-world-a-novel-of-robert-louis-stevenson-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}