{"product_id":"the-garden-next-door-a-novel","title":"The Garden Next Door: A Novel","description":"From the author of The Obscene Bird of the Night and \"one of the spinal writers of the extraordinary boom in Latin-American fiction\" comes a carefully crafted and bitterly comic meditation on gardens, deceit, and the nature of a writer's muse. (The New Yorker)\nA Chilean writer named Julio and his wife Gloria are beset by worries, constantly bickering about money, their writing, and their son (who may or may not be plying the oldest trade in Marrakesh). When Julio's boyhood best friend, now a famous artist, lends the couple his luxurious Madrid apartment for the summer, it is an escape for both — in particular for Julio, who fantasizes about the garden next door and the erotic life of the lovely young aristocrat who inhabits it.\nBut Julio's life and career unravel in Madrid: he is rebuffed by a famous literary agent, who detests him and his novel; his son's friend from Marrakesh moves in and causes havoc; and Gloria begins to drink. In the face of pitiless adversity, Julio's talent inexorably begins to fade.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 0802133681\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: DBV.0802133681.G\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Donoso, José\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: Gently used with minimal wear on the corners and cover. A few pages may contain light highlighting or writing, but the text remains fully legible. Dust jacket may be missing, and supplemental materials like CDs or codes may not be included. May be ex-library with library markings. Ships promptly!  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Dream Books Co.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41759430082618,"sku":"DBV.0802133681.G","price":8.29,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/6011\/0138\/files\/0802133681-0.jpg?v=1792121111","url":"https:\/\/shop.dreambooksco.com\/products\/the-garden-next-door-a-novel","provider":"Dream Books Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}