{"product_id":"9781904738169","title":"Framed","description":"\u003cp\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eHoly Smoke\u003c\/i\u003e, the first in the Antoine series:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A terrific black comedy …both a blasphemously funny satire of provincial Italian chicanery and a wry acknowledgment of the ambivalence that ambitious immigrants feel about their roots.”—\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Unexpected deadly demands made in the name of friendship inspire the plot of this quirky mystery novel. Irreverently inveighs against romantic love, cancer and the Paris suburbs.”—\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“An iconoclastic chronicle of small-time crooks and desperate capers, with added Gallic and Italian flair. Wonderful fun.”—\u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAntoine, a fanatic billiards player, is asked to watch over a Paris art gallery. When he scuffles with a thief a statue falls and severs his right hand. His maverick investigation leads to the discovery of a series of gruesome killings. Soon Antoine finds himself the prime suspect in the murder of a gallery owner. A game of billiards decides the outcome of this satirical tale which brilliantly captures the world of modern art and the parasites that infest it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter being, in turn, a museum night-watchman, and a train guard on the Paris-Rome line, \u003cb\u003eTonino Benacquista\u003c\/b\u003e is now a highly successful author of fiction and film scripts.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bitter Lemon Press, Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47039942459632,"sku":"9781904738169","price":13.78,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781904738169_p0.jpg?v=1763614193","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781904738169","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}