{"product_id":"2940169348989","title":"Portobello: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRuth Rendell is widely considered to be crime fiction's reigning queen. In \u003ci\u003ePortobello\u003c\/i\u003e, she delivers a captivating and intricate tale that weaves together the troubled lives of several people in the gentrified neighborhood of London's Notting Hill.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWalking to the shops one day, fifty-year-old Eugene Wren discovers an envelope on the street bulging with cash. A man plagued by a shameful addiction-and his own good intentions-Wren hatches a plan to find the money's rightful owner. Instead of going to the police, or taking the cash for himself, he prints a notice and posts it around Portobello Road. This ill-conceived act creates a chain of events that links Wren to other Londoners-people afflicted with their own obsessions and despairs. As these volatile characters come into Wren's life-and the life of his trusting fiancée-the consequences will change them all.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ePortobello\u003c\/i\u003e is a wonderfully complex tour de force featuring a dazzling depiction of one of London's most intriguing neighborhoods-and the dangers beneath its newly posh veneer.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47162359152880,"sku":"2940169348989","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940169348989_p0.jpg?v=1763680367","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940169348989","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}