{"product_id":"the-uncle-from-rome-9780140157079","title":"The Uncle from Rome","description":"\u003cp\u003eAn American opera singer travels to Naples and becomes embroiled in his strangest role yet.  Michael Ruane is an obscure American opera singer who arrives in Naples to play a small part in an important production of Tosca and star in his own staging of a little-known Benjamin Britten opera. The work comes at a particularly trying time  when hes still raw with grief after his New York lovers death from AIDS. As the productions get under way  Ruane is offered an unusual part: That of the \"uncle from Rome\" at a local wedding. According to tradition  the presence of the uncle from Rome at important events confers prestige on the family. However  Ruane is soon enmeshed in a drama that surpasses any role he has played on the stage. The Uncle from Rome is a brilliant and colorfully imagined novel filled with theatrics of operatic proportions.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67909447811125,"sku":"ByrdShop_0140157077","price":67.58,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780140157079.jpg?v=1793908225","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-uncle-from-rome-9780140157079","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}