{"product_id":"the-maze-at-windermere-paperback","title":"The Maze at Windermere - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGregory Blake Smith\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNamed one of the best books of 2018 by \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post, The Seattle Times, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Advocate\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Staggeringly brilliant . . . You'll start \u003ci\u003eThe Maze of Windermere\u003c\/i\u003e with bewilderment, but you'll close it in awe.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Pitch perfect.\"\u003ci\u003e --\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e When a drunken party guest challenges him to a late-night tennis match, Sandy Allison finds himself unexpectedly entangled in the monied world of Newport, Rhode Island. A former touring pro a little down on his luck, Sandy has nothing to stake against the vintage motorcycle his opponent wagers. But then Alice DuPont--the young heiress to a Newport mansion called Windermere--offers up her diamond necklace. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e With this reckless wager begins a dazzling narrative odyssey that braids together four centuries of aspiration and adversity in this renowned seaside society capital. A witty and urbane bachelor of the Gilded Age embarks on a high-risk scheme to marry into a fortune; a young Henry James, soon to make his mark on the world, turns himself to his craft with harrowing social consequences; an aristocratic British officer during the American Revolution carries on a courtship that leads to murder; and, in Newport's earliest days, a tragically orphaned Quaker girl imagines a way forward for herself and the slave girl she has inherited. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Gregory Blake Smith weaves these intersecting worlds into a rich, brilliant tapestry. A deftly layered novel of love, ambition, and duplicity, \u003ci\u003eThe Maze at Windermere \u003c\/i\u003echarts a voyage across the ages into the maze of the human heart.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGregory Blake Smith\u003c\/b\u003e is the award-winning author of three previous novels, including \u003ci\u003eThe Divine Comedy of John Venner\u003c\/i\u003e, a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Notable Book. His short story collection, \u003ci\u003eThe Law of Miracles\u003c\/i\u003e, won the Juniper Prize and the Minnesota Book Award. He has received a Stegner Fellowship at Stanford University and the George Bennett Fellowship at Phillips Exeter Academy and grants from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Bush Foundation, and the Minnesota State Arts Board. Smith is currently the Lloyd P. Johnson-Norwest Professor of English and the Liberal Arts at Carleton College.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 368\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 8.2 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 22, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42689031372863,"sku":"9780735221932","price":21.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/e47c03ac93fafe054008ad33e2239ec2.webp?v=1764984215","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/the-maze-at-windermere-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}