{"product_id":"9781908390356","title":"POMEROY: An American Diplomat","description":"Meet John Stockley Pomeroy, black sheep scion of an aristocratic Tennessee family. Cardsharp, adventurer, seducer - the thoroughly winning rake-hell hero of this high-spirited tale of intrigue and skulduggery set against the gilded splendour of Edwardian London. \u003cp\u003eSet in 1903, years before the CIA was even thought of, Pomeroy is recruited as a spy by Teddy Roosevelt and his new Secret Service. Shipped incognito across the Atlantic in the luxury Cunard liner RMS Lucania, he takes up his new undercover role posing as an American diplomat in London in its Imperial heyday. La Belle Époque won't know what's hit it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGordon Williams is the author of Straw Dogs and the Booker Prize shortlisted From Scenes Like These. \u003cbr\u003ePomeroy was first published in 1983.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat the reviewers said:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Pomeroy is enjoyable... Mr Williams has gleefully researched the period and the book is a catalogue of the Good Old Days.'\u003cbr\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'This lively and entertaining novel'\u003cbr\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Lively, deftly done and thoroughly enjoyable'\u003cbr\u003eLondon Review of Books\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'The American Flashman, a dare-devil black sheep in the clothing of a gentleman wolf... brisk, amusing and exciting'\u003cbr\u003eThe Times\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"lab broadcast","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47059975373040,"sku":"9781908390356","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781908390356_p0.jpg?v=1763621955","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781908390356","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}