{"product_id":"businessmen-as-lovers-9780811240246","title":"Businessmen as Lovers","description":"\u003cp\u003eMimi and Caroline set off to a beautiful Italian island, where they find themselves part of an eccentric cast of expats and vacationers including their debonair host and his mistress, a proud venture capitalist, an Iranian tycoon, and a villainous, slightly tragic local dentist. There is also Mimi's great love, Beetle, a quiet and unassuming English journalist. As everyone begins to relax and settle into the vacation, drinking and eating away the demands of everyday life, their impish plots culminate in an odd Mediterranean prank involving the poor dentist's lemon tree.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBack in print after many decades, \u003cem\u003eBusinessmen as Lovers\u003c\/em\u003e is an extraordinarily jubilant and delightful novel by the inimitable Rosemary Tonks: businessmen fall in love, too, but it is with each other.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Rosemary Tonks\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New Directions Publishing Corporation\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/24\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 160\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 5.10w x 0.50d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780811240246\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTonks, Rosemary:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003eRosemary Tonks\u003c\/strong\u003e (1928-2014) published two poetry collections and six novels, and wrote for \u003cem\u003eThe Observer\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Times\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe New York Review of Books\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe New Statesman\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eEncounter\u003c\/em\u003e, and presented poetry programs for the BBC. \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Rosemary Tonks \/ Paperback \/ English","offer_id":47792842965149,"sku":"9780811240246","price":29.06,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_3041467a-5d3b-4e74-be95-78bbe416c578.jpg?v=1774983121","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/businessmen-as-lovers-9780811240246","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}