{"product_id":"book-c15r","title":"Serious Sweet","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLonglisted for the Man Booker Prize.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e“Kennedy’s prose is lively and assured.” —\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA good man in a bad world, Jon Sigurdsson is fifty-nine and divorced, a senior civil servant in London who hates many of his colleagues and loathes his work for a government engaged in unmentionable acts.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMeg Williams is a bankrupt accountant—two words you don’t want in the same sentence, or anywhere near your résumé. She’s forty-five and shakily sober, living on Telegraph Hill in London, where she can see the city unfurl below her.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSomewhere out there is Jon, pinballing around the city with a cell phone and a letter-writing habit he can’t break. He’s a man on the brink, leaking government secrets and affection for a woman he barely knows as he runs for his life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePoignant, deeply funny, and beautifully written, \u003ci\u003eSerious Sweet\u003c\/i\u003e is about two decent, damaged people trying to make moral choices in an immoral world, ready to sacrifice what’s left of themselves for honesty and for a chance at tenderness. As Jon and Meg navigate the sweet and serious heart of London—passing through twenty-four hours that will change them both forever—they tell an unusual and moving love story.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Brilliance Audio","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49383998128432,"sku":"BDc15r","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio CD [10]","offer_id":49383998161200,"sku":"10c15r","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"Audio CD [40]","offer_id":49383998193968,"sku":"40c15r","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/c15r-Square-cover.jpg?v=1773823676","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-c15r","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}