{"product_id":"9780349004921-a-game-for-the-living","title":"A Game for the Living","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA Virago Modern Classic\u003cbr\u003eFrom one of the greatest crime novelists ever comes \u003ci\u003eA Game for the Living\u003c\/i\u003e, where threads of sexual jealousy and guilt are shot through with all of Patricia Highsmith's uncanny talent for the unexpected.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBY THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF \u003ci\u003eTHE TALENTED MR RIPLEY\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCAROL \u003c\/i\u003eAND \u003ci\u003eSTRANGERS ON A TRAIN \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'The No.1 Greatest Crime Writer' \u003ci\u003eTHE TIMES \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'I love Highsmith so much . What a revelation her writing is' GILLIAN FLYNN \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'No one has created psychological suspense more densely and deliciously satisfying'\u003ci\u003e VOGUE \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e'Ramón had done it. Obviously! He thought about Ramón, his Catholic soul trapped in his passion for Lelia. He'd find Ramón and see that he paid with his life for what he had done.'\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eA Game for the Living,\u003c\/i\u003e threads of sexual jealousy and guilt are shot through with all Patricia Highsmith's uncanny talent for the unexpected.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRamón mends furniture. Theodore paints. A devout Catholic, Ramón lives in Mexico City, not far from where he was born into poverty. Theodore, a rich German transplanted to a country where money buys some comfort but no peace, believes in nothing at all. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eYou'd think the two had nothing in common. Except, of course, that both had slept with Lelia. The two were good friends, so neither minded sharing her affections. They did mind, however, when Lelia was found raped, murdered, and horribly mutilated. The two friends, suspects both, twist in a limbo of tension and doubt, each seeking his own form of solace and truth.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA thrilling, psychologically complex novel, rich with setting, \u003ci\u003eA Game for the Living\u003c\/i\u003e is Highsmith at her best.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56450573042038,"sku":"9780349004921","price":9.42,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_29821711.jpg?v=1760453471","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780349004921-a-game-for-the-living","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}