{"product_id":"small-g-a-summer-idyll","title":"Small G: A Summer Idyll Vmc","description":"\u003cp\u003ePatricia Highsmith's Final Novel Is An Intricate Exploration Of Love And Sexuality, Spite And The Triumph Of Human Kindness. At The 'small G', A Seedy Zurich Bar Known For Its Not Exclusively Gay Clientele, The Lives Of A Small Community Are Played Out One Summer, Following The Brutal Murder Of Young Petey Ritter, One Of The Bar's Regulars.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'years Of Producing Tight, Energetic Thrillers Has Honed Down Highsmith's Style, And This Book, With Its Childlike Simplicity, Is Quite Wonderfully Readable' Philip Hensher, \u003ci\u003eMail On Sunday\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'all The Qualities We Love About Highsmith's Work . . . Are Here In Abundance . . .Her Characters Astonish Themselves, And Us, By Discovering Love In The Very Last Places They Ever Expected To Find It' \u003ci\u003eO Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'what Is Most Remarkable In This Novel Is The Empathy . . . With Which Highsmith Writes About Gay Men . . . One Can Imagine The Small G Existing, A Piquant Mixture Of Bohemianism And Respectability, Exactly As Highsmith Describes It' Francis King, \u003ci\u003eSpectator\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCompleted Just Months Before Patricia Highsmith's Death In 1995, \u003ci\u003eSmall G\u003c\/i\u003e Explores The Labyrinthine Intricacies Of Passion, Sexuality, And Jealousy In A Charming Tale Of Love Misdirected.From The First Page It Is Recognizably Authentic Highsmith. Perhaps Approaching Her Lesbian Novel \u003ci\u003eCarol \u003c\/i\u003eIn Tenderness And Theme, It Has\u003cb\u003e A Serenity Rarely Found In Highsmith's World \u003c\/b\u003eYears Of Producing Tight, Energetic Thrillers Has Honed Down Highsmith's Style, And In This Book, With Its Child-Like Simplicity, Is Quite \u003cb\u003eWonderfully Readable \u003c\/b\u003eThe Novel Is A Delight . . . All The More So For Its\u003cb\u003e Untypically Sunny Atmosphere \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eSmall G\u003c\/i\u003e Is A Welcome Addition To Highsmith's Published Novels, Offering Readers An Insight Into A Fascinating Aspect Of Swiss Society And An \u003cb\u003eOpportunity To Explore Highsmith's Final Concerns And Obsessions\u003c\/b\u003eIts Superabundance Of Characters Is Only One Of The Elements That Give Small G Its Air Of Shakespearean Complexitywhat Is Most Remarkable In This Novel Is The Empathy . . . With Which Highsmith Writes About Gay Men . . . One Can Imagine The S\u003ci\u003eMall G\u003c\/i\u003e Existing, A \u003cb\u003ePiquant Mixture Of Bohemianism And Respectability\u003c\/b\u003e, Exactly As Highsmith Describes Itlike Ripley, [Highsmith's Characters] Burn In A Reader's Memoryall The Qualities We Love About Highsmith's Work . . . Are Here In Abundance . . . Her Characters Astonish Themselves, And Us, By Discovering Love In The Very Last Places They Ever Expected To Find It","brand":"Crossword.in","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46738307973337,"sku":"BK0496973","price":570.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0648\/3066\/9017\/files\/getimage_79895963-b927-4de1-af09-4823fcb2d62d.jpg?v=1751187371","url":"https:\/\/www.crossword.in\/products\/small-g-a-summer-idyll","provider":"Crossword.in ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}