{"product_id":"9781922200242","title":"Deliria","description":"Meet William. He's twenty-two. He's highly intelligent. He's an acerbic critic of Australian suburban life. And he's lost. Chafing against his rural-Aussie background, William sees a university career in Thailand as his intellectual salvation, but he just can't seem to get it together. \u003cp\u003eWhen he bumps into a childhood friend, Deliria, now a scorchingly attractive eighteen-year-old music student, she reveals a secret: she's a compulsive shoplifter. Of course, he's now completely smitten. Outclassed and intimidated, William tries to win her over by aiding and abetting her in a succession of minor thefts, and saving her life whenever things go awry. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOverflowing with the riotous immediacy of desire, Deliria is a comic-serious exploration of an educated young man's quest to find his way in the world. A love song to Deliria, Thailand and twelfth-century French poetry, it proves that literary cultivation, savoir faire, bravery, sexual obsession, moral laxity and complete stupidity can exist in the one person.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Odyssey Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47061758542064,"sku":"9781922200242","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781922200242_p0.jpg?v=1763632730","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781922200242","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}