{"product_id":"9781552453155","title":"Guano","description":"\u003cp\u003eBartleby the Scrivener meets \u003ci\u003eCatch-22\u003c\/i\u003e in this charmingly sardonic tale of love, war and fertilizer.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eWINNER OF THE PRIX DES COLLAGIENS\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eSimon turned his thoughts to her daily. There were few enough\u003cbr\u003e of them, but each one lingered. He imagined their life together.\u003cbr\u003e Sometimes even their children’s lives. Sometimes he set his fantasies in Spain, sometimes America, less often Peru– so many settings, all of which turned into the bedroom, eventually.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eIt's 1862, and Spain is a little rueful about letting Peru have their independence. Or, more importantly, letting Peru have the guano – 'white gold' – on the Chincha Islands. Simon is the ship's recorder on a scientific – okay, military – expedition when he meets, in Callao, the mysterious Montse. She asks of him only that he write her letters. Which he utterly fails to do. As military tensions escalate, so does Simon's unabated lust for Montse – even if he can't bring himself to do anything about it.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\"A novel that makes you want to read long passages out loud – or at least memorize snippets, just for the music of the words of Québec writer Louis Carmain.\" — \u003ci\u003eLa Presse\u003c\/i\u003e (translated from the French)\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Louis Carmain (CA)","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback Trade paperback (US)","offer_id":43233193590851,"sku":"9781552453155","price":19.95,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0678\/3523\/2323\/files\/BNCImageAPI_0947b6b8-5df0-4d1c-99f5-47035b73e4a6.jpg?v=1778328955","url":"https:\/\/thebookshop613.ca\/products\/9781552453155","provider":"The Bookshop 613","version":"1.0","type":"link"}