{"product_id":"9780307379085","title":"Corduroy Mansions (Corduroy Mansions Series #1)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCORDUROY MANSIONS - Book 1\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eIn the Corduroy Mansions series of novels, set in London’s hip Pimlico neighborhood, we meet a cast of charming eccentrics, including perhaps the world’s most clever terrier, who make their home in a handsome, though slightly dilapidated, apartment block. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCorduroy Mansions is the affectionate nickname given to a genteel, crumbling mansion block in London’s vibrant Pimlico neighborhood and the home turf of a captivating collection of quirky and altogether McCall-Smithian characters. There’s the middle-aged wine merchant William, who’s trying to convince his reluctant twenty-four-year-old son, Eddie, to leave the nest; and Marcia, the boutique caterer who has her sights set on William. There’s also the (justifiably) much-loathed Member of Parliament Oedipus Snark; his mother, Berthea, who’s writing his biography and hating every minute of it; and his long-suffering girlfriend, Barbara, a literary agent who would like to be his wife (but, then, she’d like to be almost anyone’s wife). There’s the vitamin evangelist, the psychoanalyst, the art student with a puzzling boyfriend and Freddie de la Hay, the Pimlico terrier who insists on wearing a seat belt and is almost certainly the only avowed vegetarian canine in London.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eFilled with the ins and outs of neighborliness in all its unexpected variations, \u003ci\u003eCorduroy Mansions\u003c\/i\u003e showcases the life, laughter and humanity that have become the hallmarks of Alexander McCall Smith’s work. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47009729249520,"sku":"9780307379085","price":23.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780307379085_p0.jpg?v=1763671837","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780307379085","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}