{"product_id":"9781904799665","title":"The Mischief-Maker, or the Loathsome History of a Malcontent","description":"A swooping, evocative tale spanning nearly fifty years, The Mischief-Maker is a story of ambition, hubris and retribution. From the sixties to the present, from England and Ireland to Italy and the United States, we follow the lives of a diverse group of people whose fates are inextricably caught up, whether they know it or not. No-one - not the government minister, the cabaret artist, the television personality, the forgotten pop star or the academic's widow - is immune from a certain malign influence. Secrets long hidden come back to destroy them. Someone who remembers all too well has known them all.\u003cp\u003eThe Mischief-Maker is a subtle, noirish tragicomedy, one which sweeps the reader along and creates an intense interest in what happens next, and to whom, and why.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJULIA LACEY BROOKE read English Literature and Renaissance History at the University of East Anglia, later taking an MLitt at the University of Birmingham's Shakespeare\u003cbr\u003eInstitute in Stratford-upon-Avon.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNow based in rural Tuscany, she is a freelance editor, teacher and lecturer. Her The Stoic, the Weal \u0026amp; the Malcontent, a fascinating study of the malcontent on the Elizabethan and Jacobean stage, was published by Tiger of the Stripe in 2013.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Tiger of the Stripe","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50094074396912,"sku":"9781904799665","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781904799665","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}