{"product_id":"call-me-marlowe-by-catherine-de-saint-phalle-9780645565324","title":"Call Me Marlowe","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSet in both Prague and Melbourne, \u003ci\u003eCall Me Marlowe\u003c\/i\u003e captures a man's search for his motherland in the hope of making sense of his life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWith a delicate touch, the novel embodies the nature of trauma—both personal and political—in people's lives. Harold Vank loves Marylou, a woman he met in South Korea where she was working as a sex worker, but whom he has managed to bring to Melbourne. She is the one who calls Harold 'Marlowe'. Theirs is an uncommonly beautiful but tenuous intimacy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHarold feels his mistakes are urging him to leave Melbourne. In a wild gamble to retrieve all he has lost, he disappears to Prague. What happens in 'the City of a Hundred Spires' is both remarkable and affecting. The people he meets there—Vaclav, Marie, Pete, and Petr—and the soul of the city itself provide answers and a 'world' that he desperately wants Marylou to be part of.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBut is it all too late?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for Saint Phalle's writing:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Saint Phalle writes with a clear-eyed humanity and wisdom about human nature.' - Stella Prize Judges\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'An engaged and engaging novelist we can't afford to ignore.' - \u003ci\u003eAustralian Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Novels of this quality are a rare event... \u003ci\u003eThe Sea \u0026amp; Us\u003c\/i\u003e resembles a beautiful symphony.' - \u003ci\u003eArtsHub\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Poetic yet down-to-earth, \u003ci\u003ePoum and Alexandre\u003c\/i\u003e is a work of sustained intensity, tenderness and generosity of spirit.' - \u003ci\u003eThe Age\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46711101260012,"sku":"9780645565324","price":37.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/23098813482417.jpg?v=1754183478","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.live\/products\/call-me-marlowe-by-catherine-de-saint-phalle-9780645565324","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}