{"product_id":"the-charioteer-by-mary-renault","title":"The Charioteer by Mary Renault","description":"\u003cp\u003ePre-loved Paperback\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAfter enduring an injury at Dunkirk during World War II, Laurie Odell is sent to a rural veterans’ hospital in England to convalesce. There he befriends the young, bright Andrew, a conscientious objector serving as an orderly. As they find solace and companionship together in the idyllic surroundings of the hospital, their friendship blooms into a discreet, chaste romance. Then one day, Ralph Lanyon, a mentor from Laurie’s schoolboy days, suddenly reappears in Laurie’s life, and draws him into a tight-knit social circle of world-weary gay men. Laurie is forced to choose between the sweet ideals of innocence and the distinct pleasures of experience.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOriginally published in the United States in 1959, The Charioteer is a bold, unapologetic portrayal of male homosexuality during World War II that stands with Gore Vidal’s The City and the Pillar and Christopher Isherwood’s Berlin Stories as a monumental work in gay literature.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"White Rose Books \u0026 More","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51150279999776,"sku":"sku-44149170077926","price":8.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0836\/3661\/7504\/files\/67699.jpg?v=1769236493","url":"https:\/\/creativebysanchez.com\/products\/the-charioteer-by-mary-renault","provider":"Creative By Sanchez","version":"1.0","type":"link"}