{"product_id":"take-me-to-paris-johnny-text-classics","title":"Take Me to Paris, Johnny: Text Classics","description":"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTake Me to Paris, Johnny\u003c\/i\u003e is John Foster's moving yet  unsentimental account of the life of his partner, Juan Cespedes. It  traces Juan's youth in Cuba and his move to New York, where he struggles  to make it as a dancer. There, in 1981-in 'a chance encounter, much  like any other'-he meets John, an Australian historian.\u003cbr\u003e What begins as just a fling becomes a dazzling six-year affair. The  two travel between New York, Berlin and Melbourne, struggling with  bureaucracy in their quest to gain Juan residency in Australia, then  with the disease taking the lives of gay men around the globe. To the  end, Juan-'an exotic bird, the only one of his kind' in Melbourne-is  captivating, witty, headstrong.\u003cbr\u003e First published in 1993, not long before John Foster's death, \u003ci\u003eTake Me to Paris, Johnny\u003c\/i\u003e is brilliant and unflinching, at once controlled and impassioned: a  love story told with humour and unerring skill. This edition includes an  introduction by Peter Craven and an expanded biographical portrait of  the author by John Rickard.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e ' A  literary masterpiece...Unparalleled in Australian letters...Makes most fiction, here or elsewhere, look paltry by comparison.' Peter Craven, from the Introduction\u003cbr\u003e 'Brilliantly accomplished use of language...Few other books documenting  this illness rumble and resonate with such sustained power.' Robert Dessaix\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"John Foster","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43516771139645,"sku":null,"price":14.2,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0597\/7689\/2989\/files\/9781925355345.jpg?v=1787572637","url":"https:\/\/www.palmleaf.com.au\/products\/take-me-to-paris-johnny-text-classics","provider":"Palmleaf","version":"1.0","type":"link"}