{"product_id":"venetian-vespers","title":"Venetian Vespers","description":"\u003cp data-v-7d498d3a=\"\" class=\"product-keynote\"\u003eAn eerie, Venice-set novel from the bestselling Booker Prize-winning author.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-v-7d498d3a=\"\" class=\"product-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eSNOW\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A marvellous and rewarding novelist . . . He is a magician, really.'\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eTHE SCOTSMAN\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Banville has a grim gift of seeing people's souls.' DON DeLILLO\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e'The most eminent innovator in Irish fiction of the last 50 years.'\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eIRISH TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'One of my favourite writers alive.' REBECCA F. KUANG\u003cbr\u003e'Banville writes prose of such luscious elegance.'\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEverything was a puzzle, everything a trap set to mystify and hinder me. . .\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1899. As the new century approaches, English hack-writer Evelyn Dolman marries Laura Rensselaer, the daughter of a wealthy American plutocrat. But in the midst of a mysterious rift between Laura and her father, Evelyn's plans of a substantial inheritance are thrown into doubt.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs the unhappy newlyweds travel to Venice at Palazzo Dioscuri - the ancestral home of the charming but treacherous Count Barbarigo - a series of seemingly otherworldly occurrences exacerbate Evelyn's already frayed nerves: is it just the sea mist blanketing the floating city or is he losing his mind?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Faber and Faber","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44409472679970,"sku":"9780571386642","price":37.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0052\/0785\/1042\/files\/Copy-of-Book-Template---2025-10-20T154752-203.jpg?v=1760928494","url":"https:\/\/petronella.pro\/products\/venetian-vespers","provider":"Petronella's Gallery and Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}