{"product_id":"9781474613545","title":"Leading Men","description":"Author: Christopher Castellani\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781474613545\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Orion\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 11 Jun 2019\u003cbr\u003ePages: 368\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePORTOFINO, ITALY. JULY 1953\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAt a glittering party thrown by Truman Capote, literary sensation Tennessee Williams and his longtime lover Frank Merlo meet the enigmatic Anja Blomgren, an aspiring Swedish actress.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTheir encounter will alter the course of their lives forever. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSpanning half a century and featuring a dazzling cast of characters - from Anna Magnani cooking pasta \u003ci\u003eamatriciana\u003c\/i\u003e in a sun-kissed kitchen in Rome, to Ludovico Visconti barking orders on his latest film set - \u003ci\u003eLEADING MEN \u003c\/i\u003eis a heart-breaking novel about life in the shadows of greatness, and a moving re-telling of one of the great literary love stories of the twentieth-century.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'I read \u003ci\u003eLEADING MEN\u003c\/i\u003e in one rapt afternoon, and spent hours afterwards just stunned from having been immersed in such a tender, psychologically devastating, and gorgeously precise novel' Lauren Groff, author of \u003ci\u003eFATES AND FURIES\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'An alert, sweeping novel. To hold it in your hands is like holding a front-row opera ticket' \u003c\/b\u003eDwight Garner, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'This is a novel of rare insight and beauty, and Castellani is a writer of brilliant gifts' \u003c\/b\u003eGarth Greenwell, author of\u003ci\u003e WHAT BELONGS TO YOU\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46717739401374,"sku":"ADS-9781474613545","price":24.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781474613545.jpg?v=1776129210","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781474613545","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}