{"product_id":"lesson-in-violence","title":"Lesson In Violence","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e* WINNER OF THE BEST FIRST NOVEL AWARD AT THE EDGARS 2018 * A gritty, propulsive debut about a father, a daughter, and the hardest lessons in life . . .\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 'Striking...visceral, violent and utterly compelling, it nevertheless shines with humanity' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDaily Mail\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 'Burns bright and fast' \u003cb\u003ePeter Swanson, author of \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller \u003ci\u003eHer Every Fear\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e‘If nowhere was safe for her, then the only place he could let her be was with him’\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMeet Polly: \u003c\/b\u003eeleven years old and smart beyond her years. But she’s a loner, always on the outside, until she is unexpectedly reunited with her father.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMeet Nate:\u003c\/b\u003e fresh out of jail and driving a stolen car, Nate takes Polly from the safety of her quiet existence into a world of robbery, violence and the constant threat of death.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e And he does it to save her life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Lesson in Violence\u003c\/i\u003e is a gripping and emotionally wrenching novel that upends even our most long-held expectations about heroes, villains and victims. Nate takes Polly to save her life, but in the end it may very well be Polly who saves him.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ‘This fast-paced and gritty page turner explores the ways in which love can both brutalize and redeem us’ \u003cb\u003eAmy Engel, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Roanoke Girls\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ‘Urgent and beautiful' \u003cb\u003eLauren Beukes, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Shining Girls\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 'One\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eof the best debuts I've ever read' \u003cb\u003eSimon Toyne, author of \u003ci\u003eSunday Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestseller \u003ci\u003eSolomon Creed\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 'The language is searing, the action relentless, the beauty wrenched from ugliness truly astounding'\u003cb\u003e Robin Wasserman, author of \u003ci\u003eGirls on Fire\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 'An extremely impressive debut' \u003cb\u003ePeter Swanson, author of \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller \u003ci\u003eThe Kind Worth Killing\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 'Darkly irresistible...in Polly McClusky, the eleven-year-old girl at the heart of his , Jordan Harper gives us a hero for our times’\u003cb\u003e Megan Abbott, author of\u003ci\u003e The Turnout\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57312281493886,"sku":"NW9781471158971","price":11.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9781471158971.jpg?v=1778530339","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/en-eu\/products\/lesson-in-violence","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}