{"product_id":"9781609454449","title":"Trick","description":"\u003cp\u003eSharp, succinct storytelling and breathtaking prose combine in this new novel by the author of the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Notable Book of the Year, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e editor’s pick, a \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e Best Book of the Year, \u003ci\u003eTies\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eImagine a duel between an elderly man and a mere boy. The same blood runs through their veins. One, Daniele Mallarico, is a successful illustrator whose reputation is slowly fading. The other, Mario, is his four-year-old grandson. The older combatant has lived for years in solitude, focusing obsessively on his work. The younger one has been left by his querulous parents with his grandfather for a 72-hour stay. Shut inside an apartment in Naples that is filled with the ghosts of Mallarico’s own childhood, grandfather and grandson match wits, while outside lurks Naples, a wily, violent, and passionate city whose influence is not easily shaken.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003ci\u003eTrick\u003c\/i\u003e is a gripping, wry, brilliantly devised drama, “an extremely playful literary composition,” as Jhumpa Lahiri describes it in her introduction, about aging, family, art, and reconciling with one’s past.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Europa Editions, Incorporated","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47055100084464,"sku":"9781609454449","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781609454449_p0.jpg?v=1769902680","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781609454449","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}