{"product_id":"9781486219285","title":"The Engagement","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom Chloe Hooper, author of the phenomenal The Tall Man, comes a brilliant novel about sex and money. The Engagement is a taut psychological thriller in which the deft blurring of reality and dark fantasy rivals that of Luis Bunuel's classic Belle de Jour.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLiese Campbell has an engagement for the weekend: to stay with Alexander Colquhoun, the well-mannered heir of a pastoral dynasty, at his property in western Victoria. Liese, an English architect in flight from the financial crisis, now works at her uncle's real-estate business in Melbourne. Alexander has been looking for a place in the city. The luxury apartments Liese shows him have become sets for a relationship that satisfies their fantasies – and helps pay her debts. It's a game. Both players understand the rules. Or so she thinks.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcross the ancient landscape they drive at dusk to his grand decaying mansion. Here Liese senses a change in Alexander, and realises a different game has begun.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis gripping, provocative novel by one of Australia's finest writers is a psychological thriller for the modern age, one which explores the snares of money and love, and the dark side of erotic imagination. A trap has been set, but how and why? And for whom?\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bolinda Audio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47028464386288,"sku":"9781486219285","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781486219285_p0.jpg?v=1763634127","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781486219285","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}