{"product_id":"richard-temple-a-novel-0393330664-used","title":"Richard Temple: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0393330664\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e O'Brian, Patrick\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e Used\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"One of the best novelists since Jane Austen.\"-Philadelphia Inquirer The protagonist of this World War II novel is a prisoner of the German army in France. In order to keep himself sane while denying the charges and absorbing the beatings of his captors, Richard Temple conducts a minute examination-one might almost call it a prosecution-of his own life.Temple escapes from a blighted childhood and his widowed, alcoholic mother thanks to an artistic gift, the one thing of value he has to his name. His life as a painter in London of the '30s is cruelly deprived. In order to eat, he squanders this one asset by becoming a forger of art, specializing in minor works by Utrillo. He is rescued by the love of a beautiful and wealthy woman, and it is the failure of this relationship and the outbreak of war that propel him into the world of espionage.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mia Karts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":68030290133280,"sku":"USED0393330664","price":15.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0980\/7426\/3840\/files\/7160kCqrbAL_2b821977-a19b-42e9-952d-07a0c8fee996.jpg?v=1793171560","url":"https:\/\/miakarts.com\/en-ca\/products\/richard-temple-a-novel-0393330664-used","provider":"Miakarts Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}