{"product_id":"9780978184766","title":"The Scent of a Lie","description":"The Scent of a Lie is a book of fourteen inter-connected stories set in two charismatic towns in Portugal where characters weave in and out of the narrative. The book can be read as a novel in fragments. This is a remarkable debut collection of tales told by a true storyteller.\u003cp\u003eThe Scent of a Lie received the 2003 Commonwealth Writers Prize for Best First Book in the Caribbean \u0026amp; Canada region and the 2002 City of Calgary Book Award. One of the stories received the 2001 Canongate Prize for short fiction at the International Book Festival in Edinburgh, Scotland.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Scent Of A Lie, (...) marks the debut of a remarkable writer. - John Terauds, Toronto Star\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith this book of linked stories, Paulo Da Costa adds piquant new spice to the CanLit broth. Paying homage to a fabulist tradition running from Marquez and Borges and Carlos Fuentes all the way back to Cervantes, Da Costa evokes his God-beset, earthbound peasants, priests and villagers with palpable, redolent precision. Jim Bartley, The Globe and Mail\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe reader can see just how well da Costa writes: the language here is lyrical and flowing, and the imaginativeness of the stories speaks for itself. Da Costa is clearly a writer to watch. Tim McNamara, Edmonton Journal\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe most uniformly fresh, sprightly, meaty work of Canadian fiction I've read in a long time. Vue weekly, Print Culture - Christopher Wiebe\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"LIVROS PÉ D'ORELHA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50091372478704,"sku":"9780978184766","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780978184766","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}