{"product_id":"2940032852988","title":"Oscar and Venus","description":"\u003cp\u003eFew things excited Oscar like a clear night with Venus in the western sky. Oscar read his star charts like political junkies read newspapers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne Saturday evening in autumn his tidy and organised world started to shift. He was on the balcony in shorts and a t-shirt, setting up his refractor and connecting the camera to the computer. It had been a warm day and he noticed the difference in temperature as his feet stepped from sunshine into shadow on his tiled balcony. He heard a yell of delight and female laughter.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVenus is Oscar's passion. No-one is more surprised than Oscar when Venus leads him back to love.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis story appears in the collection 'Very Private Eyes and other stories'.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"C J Perryman","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47154327847152,"sku":"2940032852988","price":1.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940032852988_p0.jpg?v=1763642599","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940032852988","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}