{"product_id":"2026200009315-secondhand-the-saddest-summer-of-samuel-s","title":"The Saddest Summer Of Samuel S","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good to fair. Jacket: No dust jacket - paperback. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner.   \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Saddest Summer of Samuel S is a darkly comic novella by the irreverent Irish-American writer J.P. Donleavy, set in post-war Vienna. It chronicles the misadventures of Samuel S, a rootless American expatriate living in self-imposed exile, whose eccentric therapist sends him a brash young woman from Boston in the hope of jolting him back to life. The resulting relationship — combustible, absurd, and tinged with melancholy — illustrates Donleavy's signature blend of bawdy humour and genuine pathos. Written in Donleavy's distinctive stream-of-consciousness style, the novel presents a portrait of alienation and longing that is both laugh-out-loud funny and quietly heartbreaking.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48887999201499,"sku":"2026200009315-SECONDHAND","price":10.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/cfbaa778-111d-4a2b-9650-3db2e49f7f68.png?v=1781752038","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026200009315-secondhand-the-saddest-summer-of-samuel-s","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}