{"product_id":"9780241542033","title":"The Romantic","description":"\u003cp\u003eSet in the 19th century, the novel follows the roller-coaster fortunes of a man as he tries to negotiate the random stages, adventures and vicissitudes of his life. He is variously a soldier, a lover, a husband, a father, a friend of famous poets, a writer, a bankrupt, a jailbird, a farmer, an African explorer - and many other manifestations - before, finally, he becomes a minor diplomat, a consul based in Trieste (then in Austria-Hungary) where he thinks he will see out the end of his days in well-deserved tranquillity. This will not come to pass...\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"book-contributors\"\u003e\n  \u003cp class=\"contributor-item\"\u003e\n    \u003cspan class=\"contributor-role\"\u003eAuthor\u003c\/span\u003e\n    \u003ca href=\"\/search?q=Author+William+Boyd\" class=\"contributor-link\"\u003eWilliam Boyd\u003c\/a\u003e\n  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"William Boyd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47380494516387,"sku":"9780241542033","price":355.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0741\/7836\/3555\/files\/img_9780241542033_c3984b7c-0a2a-48c7-8327-1082534bc7fd.jpg?v=1776466959","url":"https:\/\/graffitibooks.co.za\/products\/9780241542033","provider":"Graffiti Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}