{"product_id":"9780060090401","title":"Crocodile Soup : A Novel","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eCrocodile Soup\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Julia Darling\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003eGert Hardcastle is thirty-something and unlucky in love. She is also estranged from her mother. As \u003cem\u003eCrocodile Soup\u003c\/em\u003e opens, she thinks she has found \"the One\" -- the enigmatic Eva, who serves coffee at the cafeteria in the museum where Gert works as a curator cataloging Egyptian artifacts. As Gert embarks on her hilarious and poignant pursuit of Eva, she looks back on her eccentric, childhood through a series of vivid and surreal flashbacks: her obsessive twin, Frank, with whom she communicates telepathically; her father, George, who vanished to Africa to salvage the family crocodile farm; her vain, neglectful mother, Jean; and the family ghost -- a Victorian poet who haunts the attic.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003eIn a narrative studded with relentless humor and giddy self-deprecation, Julia Darling introduces an endearing cast of characters whose shared and wayward search for love is irresistible.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9780060090401\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Ecco","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":41019243266254,"sku":"9780060090401","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/9780060090401.jpg?v=1647482113","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9780060090401","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}