{"product_id":"a-domestic-animal-by-francis-king-9781961341708","title":"A Domestic Animal","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA witty, heartbreaking tale of unrequited love by 'one of the finest and most remarkable English novelists of our time.' (\u003ci\u003eThe Scotsman\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAntonio Valli, a gifted Italian philosopher in his thirties, has left his wife and children behind in Florence for a one-year research fellowship at a provincial English university. Handsome and charming, Antonio is irresistible to men and women both, and he knows it. One who falls under his spell is Dick Thompson, a successful middle-aged novelist from whom Antonio rents a room. For the first time in years, Dick finds himself desperately, passionately in love, but the games the manipulative Italian plays with him throw the older man's life into chaos.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePublished only three years after the decriminalisation of homosexuality in the UK, \u003ci\u003eA Domestic Animal\u003c\/i\u003e is Francis King's most intimate and daringly autobiographical novel: a 'wry, anguished study...of love and jealousy [that] is hard to forget' (Robert Baldick, \u003ci\u003eThe Daily Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47604900921580,"sku":"9781961341708","price":37.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781961341708-a-domestic-animal.jpg?v=1778115313","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/a-domestic-animal-by-francis-king-9781961341708","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}