{"product_id":"9781429908269","title":"The Past Is a Foreign Country: A Thriller","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn international bestseller and winner of Italy's prestigious Premio Bancarella prize—an intense psychological thriller in the vein of \u003ci\u003eThe Talented Mr. Ripley\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs world-weary Lieutenant Chiti spends sleepless nights hunting for the serial rapist terrorizing his city, trainee lawyer Giorgio is befriended by dangerously charismatic Francesco. Slowly the innocent Giorgio is lured into a corrupt world of beautiful women and casual violence. Then one terrifying night Giorgio is forced to realize just how far he has left his past behind.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Set largely in the southern Italian city of Bari, this stylish psychological thriller from Carofiglio (\u003ci\u003eA Walk in the Dark\u003c\/i\u003e) fuses Jack Kerouac's \u003ci\u003eOn the Road\u003c\/i\u003e with hard-edged crime fiction à la Henning Mankell's Inspector Wallander saga.\" - \u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"St. Martin's Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47141703418096,"sku":"9781429908269","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781429908269_p0.jpg?v=1769900798","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781429908269","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}