{"product_id":"a-domestic-animal-9781961341708","title":"A Domestic Animal","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA witty, heartbreaking tale of unrequited love by \"one of the finest and most remarkable English novelists of our time.\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Scotsman\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAntonio Valli, a gifted Italian philosopher in his thirties, has left his wife and children behind in Florence for a one-year research fellowship at a provincial English university. Handsome and charming, Antonio is irresistible to men and women both--and he knows it. One who falls under his spell is Dick Thompson, a successful middle-aged novelist from whom Antonio rents a room. For the first time in years, Dick finds himself desperately, passionately in love, but the games the manipulative Italian plays with him throw the older man's life into chaos.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePublished only three years after the decriminalization of homosexuality in the UK, \u003ci\u003eA Domestic Animal\u003c\/i\u003e is Francis King's most intimate and daringly autobiographical novel: a \"wry, anguished study . . . of love and jealousy [that] is hard to forget\" (Robert Baldick, \u003ci\u003eThe Daily Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Francis King\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e McNally Editions\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/13\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.71lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.35h x 4.96w x 1.34d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781961341708\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAlam, Rumaan:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRumaan Alam\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of four novels. He lives in New York City.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKing, Francis:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrancis King\u003c\/b\u003e (1923-2011) was born in Switzerland, spent his childhood in India, and was educated in England. While still an undergraduate at Oxford, he completed his first novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Dark Tower\u003ci\u003e, which was published in 1946. He worked for the British Council for 15 years--in Italy, Greece, Finland, and Japan successively--while also regularly publishing novels, poems, and short stories. In 1966, he returned to England and became a full-time writer and critic. He published more than 50 books, the accolades for which include the Somerset Maugham Award, the Katherine Mansfield Short Story Prize, and the Golden PEN Award for a Lifetime's Distinguished Service to Literature. Twice nominated for the Booker Prize, he was a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and President of PEN International.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Francis King \/ Paperback \/ English","offer_id":47579880095901,"sku":"9781961341708","price":38.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_43aa1801-0521-4d20-bdbd-ca333b8ab163.jpg?v=1768897596","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/a-domestic-animal-9781961341708","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}