{"product_id":"the-american-no-9781408714195b","title":"The American No","description":"\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003e'Full of kindness, even tenderness... He is a brilliant writer: opulently gossipy as few are these days, but also truthful, witty, wise and stoical' Rachel Cooke, \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eObserver\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Everett is a brilliant writer - funny, waspish, warm and seductive' Camilla Long, \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eThe Times\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRichly imagined and extraordinarily affecting... Everett is a terrific storyteller' Hadley Freeman, \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEight stories of love and loss, drama and glamour, hope and rejection, from a writer at the height of his powers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn Rupert Everett's first, glorious collection of stories, he takes us on an exhilarating journey with a cast of extraordinary characters. A blackly humorous story of a chaotic and emotional funeral in Paris. Oscar Wilde's last night in Paris, vividly evocative, unflinching and elegiac. A Russian-American countess who confronts sex and age in a Wiltshire teashop. The ferociously unforgiving life of an L.A. talent agency and the unexpected twist that launches a completely different kind of career. The deathbed confession of a woman who left home for 1850s India, never to return. A story of emigration, love and grief. And a beautifully evocative and touching portrayal of Proust's creative life and his childhood.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA brilliantly witty, funny and tender collection of stories that draws on the wealth of film and TV ideas Rupert Everett has created over the course of his career, \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eThe American No\u003c\/span\u003e will delight and surprise his many fans.","brand":"Abacus","offers":[{"title":"Bargain","offer_id":42823820148816,"sku":"9781408714195B","price":8.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0592\/8173\/5760\/files\/9781408714195-l.jpg?v=1785894069","url":"https:\/\/bookoutlet.com\/fr\/products\/the-american-no-9781408714195b","provider":"Book Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}