{"product_id":"a-distant-prospect-paperback","title":"A Distant Prospect - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLord Berners\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA poignant and witty account of Eton, early adolescence and a boy's awakening to the spell of Wagner, ballet and musical composition.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eReaders of P. G. Wodehouse and E.F. Benson and fans of Monty Python will revel in Berners's youthful entanglements.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003e\"Funny, unsparing, sharp yet fundamentally good-spirited.\" -The New York Times\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eLord Berners (1883-1950) was a composer, novelist, painter, memoirist, conspicuous aesthete and the real life character on whom Nancy Mitford based Lord Merlin in The Pursuit of Love. This versatile peer has been called the English Satie. His ballets have been choreographed by Balanchine and Ashton.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 128\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 7.26 x 5.28 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 10, 2010\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42107803795591,"sku":"9781885983329","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/aca3a5433493219afcc191a7323c49dd.webp?v=1732459461","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/a-distant-prospect-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}