{"product_id":"9780571304745","title":"The Snow Ball","description":"\u003cp\u003eFirst published in 1964, \u003ci\u003eThe Snow Ball\u003c\/i\u003e is arguably Brigid Brophy's most brilliant fictional performance, consummately melding her avid interests in opera, sexuality and psychology.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is New Year's Eve in London. The occasion is a costume ball on an eighteenth-century theme in the grand London residence of Tom and four-times-married Anne. Anna K attends alone, dressed as Donna Anna from Mozart's \u003ci\u003eDon Giovanni\u003c\/i\u003e, unhappily preoccupied by her age and appearance and a general distaste for the occasion. But when at midnight she meets a masked Don who kisses her on the mouth, she wonders if this mystery man might share her personal obsessions - 'Mozart, sex and death' - and whether a closer union is not meant to be.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Written with considerable expertise... An air of indulgent, extravagant corruption and decay glitters over [the novel].' Kirkus Reviews\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Faber and Faber","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47103482396912,"sku":"9780571304745","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780571304745_p0.jpg?v=1763719184","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780571304745","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}