{"product_id":"9780099286875","title":"The Painted Veil","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor:  Maugham, Somerset \u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eModern \u0026amp; contemporary fiction (post c 1945)\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 5 April 2001 by Vintage Publishing (Vintage Classics) in the United Kingdom.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback | 240 pages\u003cbr\u003e199 x 132 x 15 | 174g\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKitty Fane is the beautiful but shallow wife of Walter, a bacteriologist stationed in Hong Kong. Unsatisfied by her marriage, she starts an affair with charming, attractive and exciting Charles Townsend. But when Walter discovers her deception, he exacts a strange and terrible vengeance: Kitty must accompany him to his new posting in remote mainland China, where a cholera epidemic rages...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFirst published to a storm of protest, The Painted Veil is a classic story of a woman's spiritual awakening.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cobham Bookshop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55491140616578,"sku":"9780099286875","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0569\/4567\/2367\/files\/9780099286875.jpg?v=1753740365","url":"https:\/\/www.cobhambooks.live\/products\/9780099286875","provider":"Cobham Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}