{"product_id":"9780375705229","title":"Italian Fever: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Acutely observed...charmingly old-fashioned.\"—\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cb\u003eItalian Fever\u003c\/b\u003e, Valerie Martin redefines the Gothic novel in a compelling tale of one woman's headlong tumble into a mystery, art, and eros.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart romance, part gothic suspense story and wholly entertaining, \u003cb\u003eItalian Fever\u003c\/b\u003e is the story of the awakening of Lucy Stark, an American pragmatist. Lucy leads a quiet, solitary life working for a best-selling (but remarkably untalented) writer. When he dies at his villa in Tuscany, Lucy flies to Tuscany to settle his affairs. What begins as a grim chore soon threatens Stark's Emersonian self-reliance—and her very sense of what is real. The villa harbors secrets: a missing manuscript, neighbors whose Byzantine arrogance veils their dark past, a phantom whose nocturnal visits tear a gaping hole in Lucy's well-honed skepticism. And to complicate matters: Massimo, a married man whose tender attentions render Lucy breathless. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSmart, sophisticated, achingly beautiful, \u003cb\u003eItalian Fever\u003c\/b\u003e is one of the most original and compelling novels of the year.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47012893262064,"sku":"9780375705229","price":13.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780375705229_p0.jpg?v=1763691432","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780375705229","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}