{"product_id":"trick-by-domenico-starnone-9781787705494","title":"Trick","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrom the author of the International Booker longlisted and winner of the Strega Prize \u003ci\u003eThe House on Via Gemito\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"Starnone uses languages the way a great painter works with colour, conjuring the illusion of three dimensions from a blank flat surface.\" – Jhumpa Lahiri\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"Compelling... One of Italy's most accomplished novelists.\" – The Guardian\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003ci\u003eTrick\u003c\/i\u003e is a chillingly weird chamber piece - a very tricksy treat.\" – The Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eTrick\u003c\/i\u003e is a stylish drama about ambition, family, and old age that goes beyond the ordinary and predictable. Imagine a duel between two men. One, Daniele Mallarico, is a successful illustrator who, in the twilight of his years, feels that his reputation and artistic prowess are fading. The other, Mario, is Daniele's four-year-old grandson.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDaniele has been living in a cold northern city for years, in virtual solitude, focusing obsessively on his work, when his daughter asks if he would come to Naples for a few days and babysit Mario while she and her husband attend a conference. Shut inside his childhood home—an apartment in the centre of Naples that is filled with the ghosts of Mallarico's past—grandfather and grandson match wits as Daniele heads toward a reckoning with his own ambitions and life choices.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOutside the apartment, pulses Naples, a wily, violent, and passionate city whose influence can never be shaken.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46534229819628,"sku":"9781787705494","price":26.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781787705494.jpg?v=1749520179","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.live\/products\/trick-by-domenico-starnone-9781787705494","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}