{"product_id":"skating-rink","title":"Skating Rink","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eSkating Rink\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eRoberto Bolaño\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9780811218689\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eNew Directions\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2011\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003ePaperback\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdition: \u003c\/b\u003eReprint\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eNew from the publisher\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003eWith a murder at its heart, Roberto Bolaño's \u003cem\u003eThe Skating Rink\u003c\/em\u003e is, among other things, a crime novel. Murder seems to have exerted a fascination for the endlessly talented Bolaño, who in his last interview, according to \u003cem\u003eThe Observer\u003c\/em\u003e, \"declared, in all apparent seriousness, that what he would most like to have been was a homicide detective.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Set in the seaside town of Z, north of Barcelona, \u003cem\u003eThe Skating Rink\u003c\/em\u003e is told in short, suspenseful chapters by three male narrators, and revolves around a beautiful figure skating champion, Nuria Martí. A ruined mansion, knife-wielding women, political corruption, sex, and jealousy all appear in this atmospheric chronicle of a single summer season in a seaside town, with its vacationers, businessmen, immigrants, bureaucrats, social workers, and drifters.\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"New Directions","offers":[{"title":"Skating Rink | Roberto Bolaño | Paperback | 9780811218689 | New | Fiction 1569984","offer_id":50596364321026,"sku":"1569984","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0609\/3327\/5906\/files\/61kTNGrg_bL.jpg?v=1791122991","url":"https:\/\/boswellsbooks.com\/products\/skating-rink","provider":"Boswell's Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}