{"product_id":"table-for-two-fictions","title":"Table for Two: Fictions","description":"\u003cdiv data-a-expander-name=\"book_description_expander\" data-a-expander-collapsed-height=\"280\" class=\"a-expander-collapsed-height a-row a-expander-container a-spacing-base a-expander-partial-collapse-container\" style=\"max-height: none; height: 280px;\"\u003e \u003cdiv data-expanded=\"false\" class=\"a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px;\"\u003e \u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eA \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e Bestseller\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e“This may be Towles’ best book yet. Each tale is as satisfying as a master chef’s main course, filled with drama, wit, erudition and, most of all, heart.” —\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e“The book spans the 20th century, bringing characters into tableaus of deceit and desire. Beneath his coifed prose Towles is a master of the shiv, the bait and switch; we see the flash of light before the shock wave strikes, often in the final sentence. . . . \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eTable for Two \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003edelivers the kick of a martini served in the Polo Lounge.” – \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMillions of Amor Towles fans are in for a treat as he shares some of his shorter fiction: six stories based in New York City and a novella set in Golden Age Hollywood.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe New York stories, most of which take place around the year 2000, consider the fateful consequences that can spring from brief encounters and the delicate mechanics of compromise that operate at the heart of modern marriages. Told from seven points of view, “Eve in Hollywood” describes how one of Towles’s most beloved characters, the indomitable Evelyn Ross from \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eRules of Civility\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, crafts a new future for herself—and others—in a noirish tale that takes us through the movie sets, bungalows, and dive bars of 1930s Los Angeles.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWritten with his signature wit, humor, and sophistication, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eTable for Two\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is another glittering addition to Towles’s canon of stylish and transporting fiction.\u003c\/span\u003e  \u003c\/div\u003e div\u0026gt;\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50100490338589,"sku":"9780593296394","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0901\/5692\/5213\/files\/9780593296394.jpg?v=1750796783","url":"https:\/\/bookdelico.com\/products\/table-for-two-fictions","provider":"Book Delico ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}