{"product_id":"we-are-only-ghosts-paperback","title":"We Are Only Ghosts - 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\u003eJeffrey L. Richards\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn exhilarating, brutally candid saga about sexuality and war, tenderness and trauma, young passion and fierce hate, as a teenage boy's unexpected, complicated relationship with a Nazi officer in a WWII death camp is resurrected in 1960s New York City. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eWe Are Only Ghosts \u003c\/i\u003edepicts queer desire against the horrors of death camps and the psychosis of those who got out alive--haunted forever by those who did not--balancing the violence and hatred of war and its aftermath with many poignant moments of tenderness and joy. For readers of \u003ci\u003eA Little Life \u003c\/i\u003eby Hanya Yanagihara, \u003ci\u003eThe Heart's Invisible Furies \u003c\/i\u003eby John Boyne, and \u003ci\u003eYoung Mungo \u003c\/i\u003eby Douglas Stuart. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eNew York City, 1968: \u003c\/b\u003e The customers at Café Marie don't come just for the excellent coffee and pastries. They come for the sophisticated ambiance, and the illusion of being somewhere other than a bustling, exhausting city. Headwaiter Charles Ward helps create that illusion through impeccable service--unobtrusive, nearly invisible, yet always watchful. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt's a skill Charles honed as a young Jewish boy in war-torn Europe, when avoiding attention might mean the difference between life and death. But even then, one man saw him all too clearly--a Nazi officer who was both his savior and tormentor. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAt seventeen, Charles was deported to Auschwitz with his family. There he was singled out by \u003ci\u003eObersturmführer\u003c\/i\u003e Berthold Werden, who hid him in his home. Their entanglement produced a tortured affection mixed with hatred that flares to life again, decades later, when Berthold walks into Café Marie. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDrawn back into Berthold's orbit, Charles is forced to revisit the pain and the brief, undeniable pleasures of the life he once knew. And if he acts on his growing hunger for revenge, will he lose his only tether to the past--the only other witness to who he was and everything he endured--or find peace at last?\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJeffrey L. Richards\u003c\/b\u003e is an author and playwright. Originally from Oklahoma, he moved to New York nearly three decades ago and began writing seriously while enrolled in New York University. He now lives in New Jersey with his rescue dog, Andi, and can be found online at JeffreyLRichards.com.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 352\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 8.2 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 27, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43159197417535,"sku":"9781496742827","price":22.74,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/tKbozIz7Ns9781496742827.webp?v=1776996308","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/we-are-only-ghosts-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}