{"product_id":"san-remo-drive-paperback-by-leslie-epstein","title":"San Remo Drive Paperback by Leslie Epstein","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n                \n                    \n                        \u003ch2\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProduct Details\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n                        \u003cul\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cb\u003eOther Press\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e(2006-10-17)\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003eEnglish\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e272\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003epages\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e9781590510674\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eItem Weight\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e371.95\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003egrams\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e22.78 x 15.16 x 1.47\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003ecm\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                        \u003c\/ul\u003e\n                        \u003cbr\u003e\n                        \u003cp\u003e\"One of the four best Hollywood novels ever written.\"\u003cbr\u003e —Elizabeth Frank, New York  Times Book Review \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"Epstein is a master storyteller at the height of his powers.\"\u003cbr\u003e —Jonathan Kirsch, Los Angeles Times Book Review \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"Mr. Epstein effortlessly captures  the magic of a Hollywood childhood . . . San Remo Drive is a haunting and deeply  affecting book.\"\u003cbr\u003e —Michiko Kakutani, New York Times \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Leslie Epstein's bestselling  new novel is composed of five interrelated episodes, in each of which a germ of childhood  experience is elaborated by the mature imagination of one of this country's most  distinguished writers of fiction. Richard Jacobi, the narrator of these reflections,  invites us to revisit the crucial experiences of his youth: driving to Malibu to  meet the man determined to marry his mother; on vacation in the Mohave, while his  father, the famed Hollywood figure Norman Jacobi and Lotte, his mother, must deal  with the terrible consequences of Norman's testimony before the House Committee on  Un-American Activities; exploring how a night in a bar and brothel in Tijuana becomes  linked to the spiritual growth of his brother, Bartie, who is surely destined to  be one of the most memorable and endearing characters in modern literature; viewing  a precarious initiation into sexuality that will mark forever the way an artist sees  the world and does his work. \u003cbr\u003e This is, then, a novel written from memory, in the  same sense that the Schubert sonatas that attract Lotte to her baby grand are played  from memory—that is, by heart.\u003c\/p\u003e\n                        \u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n                        \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLeslie Epstein\u003c\/b\u003e, whose father and uncle, Philip G. and Julius J. Epstein, wrote Arsenic and Old Lace, Casablanca, and many other classics of the golden era of films, is the author of nine previous books of fiction, including King of the Jews and San Remo Drive, both published by Handsel Books\/Other Press. He lives in Brookline, Massachusetts, where for many years he has directed the Creative Writing Program at Boston University.\u003c\/p\u003e\n                    \n                \n            \u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Best Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":46555865579681,"sku":"BBSNIJ9781590510674","price":24.95,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0525\/2084\/5473\/files\/9781590510674.jpg?v=1781799922","url":"https:\/\/www.bestbookstore.ca\/products\/san-remo-drive-paperback-by-leslie-epstein","provider":"Best Book Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}