{"product_id":"book-d8vs","title":"Clouds and Eclipses","description":"\u003cp\u003eCelebrated for more than fifty years as a world-renowned novelist, essayist, and political figure and commentator, Gore Vidal is less known for the exquisitely crafted short fiction he wrote as a young man. Like the work of Truman Capote and Tennessee Williams, his stories have been overshadowed by the author’s triumphs writing in other genres. Still, Vidal’s short fiction offers us a portrait of the young artist in the 1940s and 1950s. His subtle and comic tales often center on adolescence and homosexual themes. In “Three Stratagems,” a middle-aged gay man encounters a male prostitute while vacationing in Key West. In “The Zenner Trophy,” the star athlete at an elite boys school is expelled for sexual relations with a classmate. These stories were gathered along with five others into a 1956 volume, \u003ci\u003eA Thirsty Evil\u003c\/i\u003e, and for decades were thought to comprise Vidal’s complete short fiction.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Brilliance Audio","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49375445909808,"sku":"BDd8vs","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio CD [10]","offer_id":49375445877040,"sku":"10d8vs","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/d8vs-Square-cover.jpg?v=1773836948","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-d8vs","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}