{"product_id":"venetian-vespers-by-john-banville-9780571386673","title":"Venetian Vespers","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eSUNDAY TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e AND \u003ci\u003eTLS\u003c\/i\u003e BOOK OF THE YEAR, SHORTLISTED FOR THE AN POST IRISH BOOK AWARDS 2025\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF \u003ci\u003eSNOW\u003c\/i\u003e AND \u003ci\u003eTHE SEA\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Memorable and disturbing.' \u003ci\u003eGUARDIAN\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'A slyly fashioned work of art.' \u003ci\u003eIRISH TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eEverything was a puzzle, everything a trap set to mystify and hinder me. . .\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWinter 1899, and strange things are afoot. As the new century dawns, English hack writer Evelyn Dolman and his bride, the daughter of a wealthy American plutocrat, travel to Venice for their belated honeymoon. On their arrival at Palazzo Dioscuri - the ancestral home of the charming but treacherous Count Barbarigo - the couple are met by a series of seemingly otherworldly occurrences, exacerbating Evelyn's already frayed nerves. Is it just the sea mist blanketing the floating city, or is he really losing his mind?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A marvellous and rewarding novelist . . . He is a magician, really.' \u003ci\u003eTHE SCOTSMAN\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Banville has a grim gift of seeing people's souls.' DON DeLILLO\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'The most eminent innovator in Irish fiction of the last 50 years.' \u003ci\u003eIRISH TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'One of my favourite writers alive.' REBECCA F. KUANG\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Banville writes prose of such luscious elegance.' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48334492860652,"sku":"9780571386673","price":27.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780571386673-venetian-vespers-1.jpg?v=1788917043","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/venetian-vespers-by-john-banville-9780571386673","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}