{"product_id":"the-skating-rink-paperback","title":"The Skating Rink - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRoberto Bolaño\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eChris Andrews\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith a murder at its heart, Roberto Bolano'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 Bolano, 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\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 192\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.55 x 8.06 x 5.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 28, 2011\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47228911255801,"sku":"9780811218689","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/TzdNVndBZXpaU2ZpTkoyK3pZeGsrUT09.webp?v=1768296600","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/the-skating-rink-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}