{"product_id":"9781612197302","title":"Underground Fugue","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003eEditors' Choice\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A pleasure to read from beginning to end.” \u003cb\u003e—Geraldine Brooks, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of \u003ci\u003eMarch\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEsther, an American art conservator, has fled New York for London—partly to escape her failing marriage, partly to tend to her dying mother. On her first night there, she spots a young man returning home very late, wet and muddy, to the house next door. Their eyes connect and he disappears inside. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis first encounter sparks Esther’s curiosity about her new neighbors: Amir, the moody college student she caught sneaking in, and, more intruiguing still, Amir’s father, Javad—a neuroscientist from Iran.         \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThroughout the spring, a tentative friendship blossoms, but when terrorists attack London’s tube and bus lines in July, Esther finds her relationship with Javad strained by her gnawing suspicions about Amir . . . suspicions that will ultimately upend the possibilities for the future, and reveal the deep stamp of the past. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSweeping, suspenseful, and exquisitely written, \u003ci\u003eUnderground Fugue \u003c\/i\u003eis a powerful testament to how human connection can survive history’s most fearsome echoes.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Melville House Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47049055404272,"sku":"9781612197302","price":11.96,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781612197302_p0.jpg?v=1763843261","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781612197302","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}