{"product_id":"the-artist-and-the-feast","title":"The Artist and the Feast","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eINTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER - LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2025 - WATERSTONES DEBUT FICTION PRIZE WINNER 2025\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Artist and the Feast\u003c\/i\u003e is a captivating novel of love, art, food, desire and thwarted ambition, which builds propulsively over one scorching French summer in 1920s Provence.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e During a scorching summer in 1920s Provence, a young journalist, Joseph Adelaide, turns up at the farmhouse of reclusive artist Edouard Tartuffe, hoping to write an article about him. There, he meets Ettie, Tartuffe's niece, who appears to do everything for her uncle--from cooking and cleaning to catering to his maniacal moods. Joseph is beguiled by where he finds himself, not just by this foreign place or Tartuffe himself, but by Ettie, who watches everything so quietly from the periphery. Both Joseph and Ettie carry scars from their pasts and it's as they get to know each other that they start to lay bare those scars to themselves and to each other.​ \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e As the summer wears on, and as new ideas and passions are explored, Joseph, Ettie, and Tartuffe are propelled toward a finale that reveals long-held secrets and sets the world on fire. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eFans of Sarah Winman's \u003ci\u003eStill Life\u003c\/i\u003e and Paula McClain's \u003ci\u003eThe Paris Wife\u003c\/i\u003e will be enchanted by this compelling novel.\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Lucy Steeds","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52104516043053,"sku":"BS-8XD-960522","price":27.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/9781454960522-HD.jpg?v=1780321066","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/the-artist-and-the-feast","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}