{"product_id":"the-comforts-of-exile-paperback","title":"The Comforts of Exile - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eTrevor Cribben Merrill\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Entertaining, enlightening and finely written . . .\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e-Piers Paul Read, author of \u003cem\u003eScarpia \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eAlive: The Story of the Andes Survivors\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe insufferable, self-sabotaging hero of \u003cem\u003eMinor Indignities \u003c\/em\u003ereturns, wearing a black turtleneck and strolling down the Boulevard Saint-Germain. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor twenty-two-year-old Colin Phelps, who fills notebooks with dazzling theoretical insights but is powerless to describe a pancake, escape is a permanent state of mind. Little wonder that when his girlfriend Julia leaves him for a job in New York, Colin flees to a charming suburb of Paris, equipped only with a passable French accent and a tenuous connection to a famed literary player.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBefore long, he is holding court in Left Bank cafés, flirtatiously jousting with the sharp-witted, devoutly religious Laure, and overseeing a translation project that could launch his career. But then rumors of his Parisian entanglement reach Laure's high-powered lawyer ex, and even Julia in New York. Soon the new life Colin has constructed for himself starts to crumble, as he falls prey to jealousy, the lure of old attachments, and-above all-his paralyzing tendency to overthink everything. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\". . . delightful storytelling . . . Status signals and cultural mores-academic, sexual, and literary-are all closely, humorously, and dramatically observed, but what shines forth on every page is a winsome invitation to discern, often well before our main character does, the providential grace of pride and humiliation, of shame and forgiveness.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e-Joshua Hochschild, co-author of \u003cem\u003eA Mind at Peace\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eThe Comforts of Exile\u003c\/em\u003e is a coming-of-age novel for a culture struggling to come of age. The romantic, literary, and spiritual odyssey of Colin Phelps will captivate readers, all the way to its most unforeseen and astonishing conclusion.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e-Daniel McInerny, author of \u003cem\u003eThe Good Death of Kate Montclair\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 312\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.65 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 29, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46361757974663,"sku":"9781951319434","price":24.48,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/MdV7-ptne39781951319434.webp?v=1793289054","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/the-comforts-of-exile-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}