{"product_id":"a-domestic-animal-francis-king-paperback","title":"A Domestic Animal -- Francis King, Paperback","description":"\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"A compact, intricately patterned story of unrequited erotic obsession, focused on the relationship between a closeted English novelist and a beautiful Italian philosopher . . . Among the novel's daring ideas is its suggestion that closetedness and English taciturnity are part of a common condition, each an art of concealment.\" --Charlie Tyson, \u003ci\u003eHarper's Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\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\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\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\n\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\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Francis King\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e McNally Editions\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublished:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1\/13\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/strong\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWeight:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.71 lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSize:\u003c\/strong\u003e 8.35\" H x 4.96\" L x 1.34\" W\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9781961341708\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Flowerburst","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51210693607728,"sku":"9781961341708","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2712\/8368\/files\/9781961341708.jpg?v=1783085017","url":"https:\/\/flowerburst.co\/products\/a-domestic-animal-francis-king-paperback","provider":"Flowerburst","version":"1.0","type":"link"}