{"product_id":"9781408831618-the-sound-of-things-falling","title":"The Sound of Things Falling","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\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\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40943881846881,"sku":"9781408831618","price":10.59,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_27904526.jpg?v=1722153311","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781408831618-the-sound-of-things-falling","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}