{"product_id":"what-happens-at-night-paperback","title":"What Happens at Night - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePeter Cameron\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA couple find themselves at a fading, grand European hotel full of eccentric and sometimes unsettling patrons in this \"faultlessly elegant and quietly menacing\" allegorical story that examines the significance of shifting desires and the uncertainty of reality (Garth Greenwell, author of \u003ci\u003eCleanness\u003c\/i\u003e). \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAn unnamed American couple travels to a strange, snowy European city to adopt a baby. It's a difficult journey that leaves the wife, who is struggling with cancer, desperately weak, and her husband worries that her illness will prevent the orphanage from releasing their child. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOn arrival, the couple checks into the cavernous and eerily deserted Borgarfjaroasysla Grand Imperial Hotel where the bar is always open and the lobby populated with an enigmatic cast of characters ranging from an ancient, flamboyant chanteuse to a debauched businessman to an enigmatic faith healer. Nothing is as it seems in this baffling, frozen world, and the more the couple struggles to claim their baby, the less they seem to know about their marriage, themselves, and life itself. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor readers of Ian McEwan, Elizabeth Strout, and Iris Murdoch, \u003ci\u003eWhat Happens at Night\u003c\/i\u003e is a \"masterpiece\" (Edmund White) poised on the cusp of reality, told by \"an elegantly acute and mysteriously beguiling writer\" (Richard Eder, \u003ci\u003eThe Boston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePeter Cameron\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of eight novels and three collections of stories. His short fiction has appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Paris Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eRolling Stone\u003c\/i\u003e, and many other literary journals. He lives in New York City and Sandgate, Vermont.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 8.2 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 19, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44317669785702,"sku":"9781646220786","price":25.67,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/dXJLb0gyQVc2czBCelBoQ2YxSWlpUT09.webp?v=1768063843","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/what-happens-at-night-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}