{"product_id":"portrait-of-an-unknown-lady","title":"Portrait Of An Unknown Lady","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn this dazzling story of art and illusion, secrets and schemes, who is to be trusted - and what is real?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the internationally acclaimed author of \u003ci\u003eOptic Nerve \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e*A \u003ci\u003eTLS \u003c\/i\u003eBook of the Year*\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''A writer who feels immediately important'' \u003ci\u003eObserver\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAt a hotel in Buenos Aires, a woman checks in under a pseudonym. She wears a black fur shawl and has no luggage. She is alone.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOver the coming days and nights, she tells a story, which begins with a secret shared in a local bath house, revealing art forgery and fraud on a dazzling scale. At its heart is an enigmatic genius who for years forged portraits of the city''s elite, before disappearing without trace. It is a story of influence and intrigue, in which nothing is as it seems. We''re not to expect ''names, numbers or dates'', she cautions, but a more subtle kind of reckoning...\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTold in a mordant, irresistible voice and full of sharp surprises, \u003ci\u003ePortrait of an Unknown Lady\u003c\/i\u003e is a captivating enquiry into what we mean by ''authenticity'', in life as in art. At once poised and capricious, elegant and bold, it is a thrilling exploration of the relationships between what is lived, what is told, what is remembered, and what is real.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTranslated from the Spanish by Thomas Bunstead\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57313512161662,"sku":"NW9781787303249","price":12.84,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9781787303249.jpg?v=1778592697","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/products\/portrait-of-an-unknown-lady","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}