{"product_id":"9781938103209","title":"The City at Three P.M.: Writing, Reading, and Traveling","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe City at Three PM\u003c\/i\u003e, award-winning fiction writer Peter LaSalle offers 11 startlingly original personal essays dealing with his longtime quest for world travel of the literary sort.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe range of offbeat experiences is wide—from driving recklessly across the county when young to seek out Saul Bellow in Chicago, to settling in for long evenings at a pub in Dublin with Christy Brown, the celebrated Irish author afflicted with cerebral palsy who typed with his toes and was the subject of the movie \u003ci\u003eMy Left Foot\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn Buenos Aires LaSalle senses metaphysical transport while investigating Borges's work; in Cameroon he attends the wonderful opening of a small bookstore; in Hollywood he finds himself caught in a crazy mob scene while researching the work of 1930s master novelist and screenwriter Nathanael West; in Tunisia he follows in the footsteps of Flaubert at the ruins of ancient Carthage. And those are just some of the adventures.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHaving first appeared in distinguished publications here and abroad, including \u003ci\u003eThe Best American Travel Writing\u003c\/i\u003e, these are beautifully crafted pieces—heartfelt, honest, observant—that conjure up those fine moments when travel does intersect with the important role of literature in our lives.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Dzanc Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47046440222960,"sku":"9781938103209","price":11.37,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781938103209_p0.jpg?v=1763663205","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781938103209","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}