{"product_id":"9781529112313","title":"The Man in the Red Coat by Julian Barnes","description":"*SHORTLISTED FOR THE COSTA BOOK AWARDS 2020*'A bravura performance, highly entertaining' Evening StandardThe Booker Prize-winning author of The Sense of an Ending takes us on a rich, witty tour of Belle Epoque Paris, via the life story of the pioneering surgeon Samuel Pozzi.   In the summer of 1885, three Frenchmen arrived in London for a few days' shopping. One was a Prince, one was a Count, and the third was a commoner, who four years earlier had been the subject of one of John Singer Sargent's greatest portraits. The commoner was Samuel Pozzi, society doctor, pioneer gynaecologist and free-thinker - a scientific man with a famously complicated private life.   Pozzi's life played out against the backdrop of the Parisian Belle Epoque. The beautiful age of glamour and pleasure more often showed its ugly side: hysterical, narcissistic, decadent and violent, with more parallels to our own age than we might imagine. **SHORTLISTED FOR THE DUFF COOPER PRIZE 2019**;  280 pages; Published: 03\/06\/2021\u003cdiv class=\"goodreadr\" data-isbn=\"9781529112313\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Vintage Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56457130934654,"sku":"9781529112313","price":19.89,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0913\/1298\/0350\/files\/9781529112313.jpg?v=1761333661","url":"https:\/\/it-book.co.uk\/products\/9781529112313","provider":"IT-Book","version":"1.0","type":"link"}