{"product_id":"house-of-the-red-balconies","title":"House of the Red Balconies","description":"\u003ch1\u003eHouse of the Red Balconies\u003c\/h1\u003eA J Demas\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Sexton's Cottage Books\u003cbr\u003eJune 24 2024\u003cbr\u003eEAN: 9781988086330\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 1988086337\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eItems marked as \u003cb\u003eWAREHOUSE\u003c\/b\u003e may take additional time to be delivered to your address or picked up in the store.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSynopsis: \u003cp\u003eHylas has come to Tykanos to build an aqueduct. He has not come to enjoy the island's main attraction: the six houses where the companions of Tykanos, courtesans both female and male, offer tea and elegant conversation. Yet he cannot ignore them as he finds himself renting a room in one of the tea houses and meeting his neighbour, the beautiful, chronically ill companion Zo.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOver breakfasts in Zo's garden, the two men begin a friendship that transforms the isolation of their lives. But Hylas's aqueduct project is threatened by bureaucratic delays, and Zo is pressured to secure a rich patron to help support his failing house. When they have begun to hope that they have found a home in each other, the world seems intent on forcing them apart.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"27th Letter Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67392696844333,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0673\/3588\/0749\/files\/original_03b631a7-7f7c-4ae5-bf29-23c976be5531.jpg?v=1787366819","url":"https:\/\/27thletterbooks.com\/products\/house-of-the-red-balconies","provider":"27th Letter Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}