{"product_id":"9781407091136","title":"Goodbye Lucille","description":"\u003cp\u003eWinner of the 2008 Authors' Club Best First Novel Award\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt's Berlin; sometime in the 1980s. Vincent is an overweight, vaguely unhappy photographer who lives in a small flat in a house owned by a demented landlady. His neighbours and friends include an ex-marine transsexual escort girl, an East European refugee, a Nigerian playboy and various 'artistic types'. Vincent misses Lucille, the girl he left behind in London; he has not spoken to his adoptive father for years and resents his older brother's success. He isn't doing very much at all. Then a chance encounter in a bar, the murder of a local politician and an urgent letter from his aunt shake up his world and Vincent finally has to stop slacking and take some control. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBuilding on themes explored in his collection of short stories, \u003ci\u003eA Life Elsewhere\u003c\/i\u003e, Afolabi presents a Germany of immigrants and insiders both. This is a moving novel about the personal politics of identity and a gentle exploration of the nature of true love.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47138072953072,"sku":"9781407091136","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781407091136_p0.jpg?v=1763718416","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781407091136","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}