{"description": {"type": "/type/text", "value": "Calvin, the irrepressibly endearing hero of Frank Schaeffer\u2019s Calvin Becker Trilogy, is the son of a missionary family, and their trip to Portofino is the highlight of his year. But even in the seductive Italian summer, the Beckers can\u2019t really relax.  Calvin\u2019s father could slip into a Bad Mood and start hurling potted plants at any time.  His mother has an embarrassing habit of trying to convert \u201cpagans\u201d on the beach. And his sister Janet has a ski sweater and a miniature Bible in her luggage, just in case the Russians invade and send them to Siberia. His dad says everything is part of God\u2019s plan. But this summer, Calvin has some plans of his own . . ."}, "covers": [543494, 270717], "first_publish_date": "August 1997", "key": "/works/OL276785W", "authors": [{"type": {"key": "/type/author_role"}, "author": {"key": "/authors/OL2630889A"}}, {"type": {"key": "/type/author_role"}, "author": {"key": "/authors/OL181955A"}}], "title": "Portofino", "type": {"key": "/type/work"}, "subjects": ["Becker family (fictitious characters), fiction", "Italy, fiction", "Fiction, humorous, general", "Missionaries", "Family", "Fiction"], "latest_revision": 8, "revision": 8, "created": {"type": "/type/datetime", "value": "2009-10-25T12:11:08.383061"}, "last_modified": {"type": "/type/datetime", "value": "2025-02-05T02:20:32.504348"}}