{"product_id":"a-domestic-animal-paperback","title":"A Domestic Animal - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eby \u003cstrong\u003eFrancis King\u003c\/strong\u003e (Author), \u003cstrong\u003eRumaan Alam\u003c\/strong\u003e (Foreword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA witty, heartbreaking tale of unrequited love by \"one of the finest and most remarkable English novelists of our time.\" (\u003cem\u003eThe Scotsman\u003c\/em\u003e)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAntonio Valli, a gifted Italian philosopher in his thirties, has left his wife and children behind in Florence for a one-year research fellowship at a provincial English university. Handsome and charming, Antonio is irresistible to men and women both--and he knows it. One who falls under his spell is Dick Thompson, a successful middle-aged novelist from whom Antonio rents a room. For the first time in years, Dick finds himself desperately, passionately in love, but the games the manipulative Italian plays with him throw the older man's life into chaos.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublished only three years after the decriminalization of homosexuality in the UK, \u003cem\u003eA Domestic Animal\u003c\/em\u003e is Francis King's most intimate and daringly autobiographical novel: a \"wry, anguished study . . . of love and jealousy [that] is hard to forget\" (Robert Baldick, \u003cem\u003eThe Daily Telegraph\u003c\/em\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.34 x 8.35 x 4.96 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 13, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52001182712109,"sku":"9781961341708","price":20.19,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/H_klS5Zm2n9781961341708.webp?v=1776642627","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/a-domestic-animal-paperback","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}