{"product_id":"9780571295821","title":"The Painted Cage","description":"\u003cp\u003eBased on a true story, Meira Chand's\u003ci\u003e The Painted Cage\u003c\/i\u003e explores the tragedy of a Victorian woman who becomes the victim of her own sensuality.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  In Yokohama,  Japan, on the morning of January 5th 1897, the trial begins of Amy Redmore, charged with the murder of her husband Reggie, ex-secretary of the Yokohama United Club. Marriage had transported Amy - an heiress 15 years her husband's junior - from the green fields of Somerset, and along the way she discovered disturbing truths about Reggie: his mistress and secret child, his addiction to arsenic. In colonial Yokohama the couple began to lead separate lives, with fatal consequences.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e 'The scope of this novel and... its various beautiful images of imprisonment make the book its author's most substantial achievement.' \u003ci\u003eTimes Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  'Meira Chand writes with great power.' \u003ci\u003eWomen's Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Faber and Faber","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47103352701168,"sku":"9780571295821","price":16.03,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780571295821_p0.jpg?v=1763718815","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780571295821","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}