{"product_id":"armadillo","title":"Armadillo","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Marvellously paced and ingeniously plotted. A real page-turner'' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eObserver\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e_________________________\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOne winter morning, Lorimer Black - young, good-looking, but with a somewhat troubled expression - goes to keep a perfectly routine business appointment and finds a hanged man. A bad start to the day, by anyone''s standards, and an ominous portent. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor Lorimer works in the only-slightly corrupt business of financial adjusting, and he is about to learn that it is much uglier - and even more crooked - than he ever imagined. Suddenly, he''s being unfairly blamed for all kinds of irregularities. Next, his life is threatened. And, lastly, he''s coming to realise that the life he has led till now - the one someone wants to rub out - is one big fat lie . . .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e_________________________\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''A joy to read: easy to get into, addictively plotted and beautifully written'' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eDaily Mail\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''A novel that is truly comic, and, like all true comedy, also disturbing''\u003c\/b\u003e  \u003ci\u003eScotsman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''A pleasure to read'' \u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eIndependent on Sunday\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57320013005182,"sku":"NW9780141044187","price":12.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9780141044187.jpg?v=1778236678","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/en-eu\/products\/armadillo","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}