{"product_id":"book-dp8t","title":"The Man in the Red Coat","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom the Man Booker Prize-winning author of \u003cem\u003eThe Sense of an Ending\u003c\/em\u003e comes a rich, witty, revelatory tour of Belle Epoque Paris, via the remarkable life story of the pioneering surgeon Samuel Pozzi.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the summer of 1885, three Frenchmen arrived in London for a few days intellectual shopping: a prince, a count, and a commoner with an Italian name. In time, each of these men would achieve a certain level of renown, but who were they then and what was the significance of their sojourn in England?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnswering these questions, Julian Barnes unfurls the stories of their lives, which play out against the backdrop of the Belle Epoque in Paris. Our guide through this world is Samuel Pozzi, society doctor, freethinker, and man of science with a famously complicated private life who was the subject of one of artist John Singer Sargent's greatest portraits. In this vivid tapestry of people-Henry James, Sarah Bernhardt, Oscar Wilde, Marcel Proust, and James Whistler, among many others-place, and time, we see not merely an epoch of glamour and pleasure but, surprisingly, one of violence, prejudice, and nativism with more parallels to our own age than we might imagine.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Man in the Red Coat\u003c\/em\u003e is, at once, a fresh portrait of the Belle Epoque, an illuminating look at the long-standing exchange of ideas between Britain and France, and a life of a man who lived passionately in the moment but whose ideas and achievements were far ahead of his time.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Recorded Books, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49373847257392,"sku":"BDdp8t","price":25.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio CD","offer_id":49373847290160,"sku":"ZEdp8t","price":42.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio MP3-CD","offer_id":49373847322928,"sku":"ZMdp8t","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/dp8t-cover.jpg?v=1765393432","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-dp8t","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}