{"product_id":"backstage-by-donna-leon-9781804955482","title":"Backstage","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAn engaging collection of stories and essays by the celebrated author of the internationally bestselling Guido Brunetti series, infused with her ever-present and delightful senses of humour and irony.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWhether walking along the canals of Venice or teaching English to Iranian pilots, interviewing blood diamond dealers or reading \u003cem\u003eGreat Expectations\u003c\/em\u003e, Donna Leon has found inspiration in the strangest of places.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn this engaging collection of stories on writing, reading, teaching and Venice, Leon offers new insight into the moments that shaped her into a celebrated, internationally bestselling author. Infused with her ever-present and delightful sense of humour and irony, she is as good a storyteller about herself as she is a chronicler of Guido Brunetti's crime adventures. Readers will be as caught up in her world as she is in his.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House NZ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47288369185004,"sku":"9781804955482","price":30.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/4eca67f9003fc7561d824f6bc72d6a2b.jpg?v=1770633546","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.live\/products\/backstage-by-donna-leon-9781804955482","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}