{"product_id":"the-paying-guests-paperback","title":"The Paying Guests - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSarah Waters\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe \"volcanically sexy\" (\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eUSA Today\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e) bestseller about a widow and her daughter who take a young couple into their home in 1920s London.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e It is 1922, and London is tense. Ex-servicemen are disillusioned; the out-of-work and the hungry are demanding change. And in South London, in a genteel Camberwell villa--a large, silent house now bereft of brothers, husband, and even servants--life is about to be transformed, as impoverished widow Mrs. Wray and her spinster daughter, Frances, are obliged to take in lodgers. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e With the arrival of Lilian and Leonard Barber, a modern young couple of the \"clerk class,\" the routines of the house will be shaken up in unexpected ways. Little do the Wrays know just how profoundly their new tenants will alter the course of Frances's life--or, as passions mount and frustration gathers, how far-reaching, and how devastating, the disturbances will be. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Short-listed for the Man Booker Prize three times, Sarah Waters has earned a reputation as one of our greatest writers of historical fiction.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSarah Waters \u003c\/b\u003eis the\u003ci\u003e New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e-bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Paying Guests\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Little Stranger\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Night Watch\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFingersmith\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Affinity\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eTipping the Velvet\u003c\/i\u003e. She has three times been short-listed for the Man Booker Prize, has twice been a finalist for the Orange Prize, and was named one of \u003ci\u003eGranta\u003c\/i\u003e's best young British novelists, among other distinctions. Waters lives in London.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 592\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.2 x 8 x 5.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 08, 2015\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42701150453823,"sku":"9781594633928","price":21.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/dce29409cf9e6ec33be460bcb4dd4130.webp?v=1765019522","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/the-paying-guests-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}