{"product_id":"the-wrong-people-valancourt-20th-century-classics-paperback","title":"The Wrong People (Valancourt 20th Century Classics) - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRobin Maugham\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eWilliam Lawrence\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSet against the seedy backdrop of 1960s Tangier, \u003cem\u003eThe Wrong People\u003c\/em\u003e (1967) is the story of Arnold Turner, a repressed English schoolmaster on holiday in Morocco, where he meets Ewing Baird, a wealthy American expat with a dark secret. Ewing lavishly entertains him and even provides him with a young lover, but as Arnold becomes more and more involved with Ewing he realizes only too late that he has been lured into a dangerous trap - and his only chance of escape is by helping Ewing to carry out a sinister plan.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawing in part on the author's real-life efforts to expose the African sex trafficking trade, Robin Maugham's first explicitly gay-themed novel was both a critical and a commercial success, being reprinted several times - including in the important \u003cem\u003eGay Modern Classics\u003c\/em\u003e series - and was optioned for a film version by Sal Mineo (\u003cem\u003eRebel Without a Cause\u003c\/em\u003e). This edition includes a new foreword by Maugham's longtime partner William Lawrence.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'I can only think of a handful of novelists who can play the reader like a hooked fish with comparable ingenuity and suppleness.' - Francis King, \u003cem\u003eSunday Telegraph\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'A very well-told story, every move nicely calculated and undeniably shuddery.' - \u003cem\u003eDaily Telegraph\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'A gripping thriller. Storytelling at its best.' - \u003cem\u003eSunday Express\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 196\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.49 x 8 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 03, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52540578267443,"sku":"9781948405263","price":37.76,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/YnIvMEttM2ZBOUJHdGFVeW03QzFrUT09.webp?v=1760875136","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/the-wrong-people-valancourt-20th-century-classics-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}