{"product_id":"the-italian-teacher","title":"The Italian Teacher","description":"A grand and moving family drama set against the pretention, prestige and pomp of the international art world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eConceived while his larger-than-life father, Bear Bavinsky, cavorted around Rome in the 1950s, the young Pinch learns that his father's genius trumps everything else. After Bear abandons his family, Pinch strives to make himself worthy - first as a painter, and then as his father's biographer, before settling, disillusioned, into a job teaching Italian in London.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnd when Bear dies, Pinch hatches a scheme to secure his father's legacy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhat makes an artist? With his signature compassion and humour, Tom Rachman conjures a life lived in the shadow of greatness. The Italian Teacher is a masterly novel about a son striving to make his own mark on the world.","brand":"Tom Rachman","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43516774154301,"sku":null,"price":28.49,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0597\/7689\/2989\/files\/9781925498219.jpg?v=1787572638","url":"https:\/\/www.palmleaf.com.au\/products\/the-italian-teacher","provider":"Palmleaf","version":"1.0","type":"link"}