{"product_id":"9780811220590","title":"The Skating Rink","description":"\u003cp\u003eA phenomenally unusual three-way murder mystery.\u003c\/p\u003e With a murder at its heart, Roberto Bolano’s \u003cem\u003eThe Skating Rink\u003c\/em\u003e 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 \u003cem\u003eThe Observer\u003c\/em\u003e, “declared, in all apparent seriousness, that what he would most like to have been was a homicide detective.”\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Set in the seaside town of Z, north of Barcelona, \u003cem\u003eThe Skating Rink\u003c\/em\u003e 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.","brand":"New Directions Publishing Corporation","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47079487570160,"sku":"9780811220590","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780811220590_p0.jpg?v=1763739661","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780811220590","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}