{"product_id":"9781101544266","title":"A Man of Parts","description":"\u003cb\u003e A riveting novel about the remarkable life\u003c\/b\u003e—\u003cb\u003eand many  loves\u003c\/b\u003e—\u003cb\u003eof author H. G. Wells  \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eH. G. Wells, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Time Machine\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eWar of the  Worlds\u003c\/i\u003e, was one of the twentieth century's most prophetic and  creative writers, a man who immersed himself in socialist politics and  free love, whose meteoric rise to fame brought him into contact with  the most important literary, intellectual, and political figures of his  time, but who in later years felt increasingly ignored and  disillusioned in his own utopian visions. Novelist and critic David  Lodge has taken the compelling true story of Wells's life and  transformed it into a witty and deeply moving narrative about a  fascinating yet flawed man.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWells had sexual relations with innumerable women in his lifetime,  but in 1944, as he finds himself dying, he returns to the memories of a  select group of wives and mistresses, including the brilliant young  student Amber Reeves and the gifted writer Rebecca West. As he reviews  his professional, political, and  romantic successes and failures, it is through his memories of these  women that he comes to understand himself. Eloquent, sexy, and tender,  the novel is an artfully composed portrait of Wells's astonishing life,  with vivid glimpses of its turbulent historical background, by one of  England's most respected and popular writers.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47133280567536,"sku":"9781101544266","price":5.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781101544266_p0.jpg?v=1763688063","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781101544266","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}