{"product_id":"sound-of-things-falling","title":"Sound Of Things Falling","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award\u003cbr\u003eWinner of the Alfaguara Prize\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the Gregor von Rezzori Prize\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''A powerful, humane novel about a man trying to make sense of a war he didn’t choose to fight''\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e''\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe story is compelling but through Vásquez’s vivid prose (rendered brilliantly into English by the award-winning translator Anne McLean) it also becomes haunting … A poignant and perturbing tale about the inheritance of fear in a country scrabbling to regain its soul'' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNo sooner does he get to know Ricardo Laverde in a seedy billiard hall in Bogotá than Antonio Yammara realises that the ex-pilot has a secret. Antonio''s fascination with his new friend''s life grows until the day Ricardo receives a mysterious, unmarked cassette.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eShortly afterwards, he is shot dead on a street corner.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eYammara''s investigation into what happened leads back to the early 1960s, marijuana smuggling and a time before the cocaine trade trapped Colombia in a living nightmare.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57318133825918,"sku":"NW9781408831618","price":11.75,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9781408831618.jpg?v=1780567548","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/products\/sound-of-things-falling","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}