{"product_id":"9780679751113","title":"Hotel Pastis","description":"A beguiling novel of romance, adventure, and tongue-in-cheek suspense set in the South of France, from the beloved, best-selling author of \u003ci\u003eA Year in Provence\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Simon Shaw, a rumpled, fortyish English advertising executive, has decided to leave it all behind, and heads of to France to transform an abandoned police station in the Lubéron into a small but world-class hotel. On his side, Simon has a loyal majordomo and a French business partner who is as practical as she is ravishing. But he hasn’t counted on the malignant local journalist—or on the \u003ci\u003emauvaise\u003c\/i\u003e types who have chosen the neighboring village as the site of their latest bank robbery. Slyly funny and overflowing with sensuous descriptions of the good life, \u003ci\u003eHotel Pastis\u003c\/i\u003e is the literacy equivalent of a four-star restaurant.","brand":"Peter Mayle","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback Trade paperback (US)","offer_id":48437842313428,"sku":"9780679751113","price":23.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1000\/9208\/files\/BNCImageAPI_24c5fbaf-6e96-403b-bd4e-7b42d04c9889.jpg?v=1786131120","url":"https:\/\/penguinshop.ca\/products\/9780679751113","provider":"Penguin Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}