{"product_id":"9780811218689","title":"The Skating Rink","description":"\u003cp\u003eA phenomenally unusual three-way murder mystery.\u003cbr\u003eWith a murder at its heart, Roberto Bolano’s The Skating Rink 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 The Observer, “declared, in all apparent seriousness, that what he would most like to have been was a homicide detective.”\u003cbr\u003eSet in the seaside town of Z, north of Barcelona, The Skating Rink 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"New Directions Publishing Corporation","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47026518163696,"sku":"9780811218689","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780811218689_p0.jpg?v=1763740916","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780811218689","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}