{"product_id":"9780374526009","title":"Travels with Alice","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eTravels with Alice\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Calvin Trillin\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis delightful book collects Calvin Trillin's accounts of his trips to Europe with his wife, Alice, and their two daughters. In Taormina, Sicily, they cheerfully disagree with Mrs. Tweedie's 1904 assertion that the beautiful town \"is being spoilt,\" and skip the Grand Tour in favor of swimming holes, table soccer, and taureaux piscine. In Paris, they spend a day on the Champs-Elysées comparing Freetime's \"le Hitburger\" to McDonald's Big Mac. In Spain, Trillin wonders whether he will run out of Spanish \"the way someone might run out of flour or eggs.\" Filled with Trillin's characteristic humor, \u003ci\u003eTravels with Alice\u003c\/i\u003e is the perfect book for summer travelers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Utterly delightful . . . the sophisticated traveler masquerading as innocent abroad.” —\u003ci\u003eNewsday\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“One of the classiest and funniest writers . . . Tantalizing and hilarious.” —\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A book full of delights! His work is a moveable feast.” —\u003ci\u003eLloyd Rose, The Village Voice\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Trillin's skillful book of travel, food and humor is an entertaining excursion.” —\u003ci\u003eThe Christian Science Monitor\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9780374526009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Farrar, Straus and Giroux","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":40594838257870,"sku":"9780374526009","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/getimage_af2a6ac4-7f5e-4da1-b388-412a4cf83b56.jpg?v=1637819649","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9780374526009","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}