{"product_id":"9781555976231","title":"Seven Houses in France","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA brooding novel of colonial intrigue in the Congo, from the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Accordionist's Son \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eand \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eObabakoak\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eThe year is 1903, and the garrison of Yangambi on the banks of the Congo is under the command of Captain Lalande Biran. The captain is also a poet whose ambition is to amass a fortune and return to the literary cafés of Paris. His glamorous wife, Christine, has a further ambition: to own seven houses in France, a house for every year he has been abroad. At Lalande Biran's side are the ex-legionnaire van Thiegel, a brutal womanizer, and the servile, treacherous Donatien, who dreams of running a brothel. The officers spend their days guarding enslaved rubber-tappers and kidnapping young girls, and at their hands the jungle is transformed into a wild circus of human ambition and absurdity. But everything changes with the arrival of a new officer and brilliant marksman: the enigmatic Chrysostome Liege. An outstanding new novel from the critically acclaimed and prizewinning author Bernardo Atxaga, \u003ci\u003eSeven Houses in France \u003c\/i\u003eis a blackly comic tale which reveals the darkest sides of human desire.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Graywolf Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47055508046064,"sku":"9781555976231","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781555976231_p0.jpg?v=1763760708","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781555976231","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}