{"product_id":"the-skating-rink","title":"The Skating Rink","description":"\u003cp\u003eDropped from the Olympic figure skating team, Nuria Marti's fate pivots her into a world of corruption, jealousy - and revenge.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Cushioning her fall from grace, a besotted admirer builds a secret ice rink for her in the ruins of an old masion on the outskirts of their seaside town. What he doesn't tell her is he paid for it using public funds. Such deceit is not without repercussions, and the skating rink soon becomes a crime scene.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Narrated by a corrupt and pompous civil servant, a beleaguered romantic poet, and a duplicitous civil servant, \u003ci\u003eThe Skating Rink\u003c\/i\u003e is a darkly atmospheric tale of murder and its motives.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e TRANSLATED BY CHRIS ANDREWS\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e'A work of intense and unrealized longing' \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e'Bolano makes you feel changed for having read him; he adjusts your angle of view on the world' \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"sb-details\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/roberto-bolano-books\"\u003eRoberto Bolaño\u003c\/a\u003e (all their books in stock)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublished:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 192\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Penguin Random House\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9781784879532\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Standard Secondhand — £5.04","offer_id":47917048070321,"sku":"SB-1784879533-C3","price":5.04,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0618\/2669\/5345\/files\/1784879533.jpg?v=1789621483","url":"https:\/\/sellbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-skating-rink","provider":"Sell Books .co.uk","version":"1.0","type":"link"}