{"product_id":"the-italian-party-a-novel","title":"The Italian Party: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eOne of the \u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal'\u003c\/i\u003es \"Six More Books to Read This Winter\" \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e• \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Required Reading,\"\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe New York Post\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003e• \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e's \"Spring\/Summer Bests\" of 2018 \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e•\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eSonoma Index-Tribune \u003c\/i\u003eBestseller \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e•\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eOne of \u003ci\u003eCrimeReads'\u003c\/i\u003e \"Debuts to Discover Spring 2018\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Deeply funny.\" —\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review \u003c\/i\u003epodcast \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"[A] sweltering thriller set against the backdrop of what is probably your dream getaway destination: Tuscany.\" \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e—\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBustle\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Tremendous fun! Wives with big secrets, husbands with bigger ones, swirling around a 1950s Siena teeming with seduction and spycraft.\" \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e—\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eChris Pavone, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Travelers \u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Seeing the \"antiquated\" culture of postwar\/Cold War Italy through the eyes of Americans, obsessed with modern convenience and progress, sort of mirrors my Italy to America transition in a fun way—plus there are spies! Affairs! and lot of food!!\" \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e—\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eGiada De Laurentiis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Imagine \u003ci\u003eBeautiful Ruins\u003c\/i\u003e plus horses; \u003ci\u003eToujours Provence\u003c\/i\u003e with spies, a mystery and sex. \u003ci\u003eThe Italian Party\u003c\/i\u003e is a fizzy, page-turning delight that begs for a Campari and soda!\" \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e—\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eJulia Claiborne Johnson, author of \u003ci\u003eBe Frank With Me\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e“I’ve always wanted to take a trip to Italy in the 1950’s and \u003ci\u003eThe Italian Party\u003c\/i\u003e is my ticket. Like the best Italian paintings, this smart and funny book deftly combines the light and the dark. Christina Lynch’s prose pairs well with any hearty Tuscan red.\u003c\/b\u003e” \u003cb\u003e—\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eConan O'Brien \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNewly married, Scottie and Michael are seduced by Tuscany's famous beauty. But the secrets they are keeping from each other force them beneath the splendid surface to a more complex view of ltaly, America and each other. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen Scottie’s Italian teacher—a teenager with secrets of his own—disappears, her search for him leads her to discover other, darker truths about herself, her husband and her country. Michael’s dedication to saving the world from communism crumbles as he begins to see that he is a pawn in a much different game. Driven apart by lies, Michael and Scottie must find their way through a maze of history, memory, hate and love to a new kind of complicated truth.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHalf glamorous fun, half an examination of America's role in the world, and filled with sun-dappled pasta lunches, prosecco, charming spies and horse racing, \u003ci\u003eThe Italian Party\u003c\/i\u003e is a smart pleasure.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Blue Vase Bulk","offers":[{"title":"Used \/ 9781250147837-001","offer_id":44494573011005,"sku":"9781250147837-001","price":4.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0589\/4225\/9261\/files\/2393303482633.jpg?v=1794152931","url":"https:\/\/www.bluevasebooks.com\/products\/the-italian-party-a-novel","provider":"Blue Vase Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}