{"product_id":"9781910859070","title":"Three Little Pigs: A Story","description":"\u003cp\u003eThree brothers. One mafia curse.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA gripping mafia thriller, at once a suspenseful crime adventure and ingenious fable\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBen Frank has blood on his hands.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHe knows that he has killed a man in a bar-room brawl. He knows that as an Italian immigrant in turn-of-the-century New York, life is tough. But what he doesn’t know is that the victim’s father, a Mafia boss, will settle a curse, a ‘maledizione’, on Frank’s family; that the shoemaker’s three sons will each die in their forty-second year.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFollowing the varying fortunes of the shoemaker’s sons – Al, Nick and Leo Frank – as well as their nemesis, a gangster by the name of ‘Terranova’, \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThree Little Pigs\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e grows into a dazzling meditation on chance, destiny, choice and their consequences.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAt once a gripping thriller and an investigation of character and fate, this is a revenge tragedy written by a master at the very peak of his powers. Can the brothers beat the curse?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFrom \u003cb\u003eApostolos Doxiadis\u003c\/b\u003e, author of Logicomix, comes a unique and completely absorbing crime novel, sure to appeal to fans of Mario Puzo, Don DeLillo and Carl Hiaasen.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eBrilliantly entertaining and suspenseful – imagine the Brothers Grimm crossed with Guys and Dolls\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e.’ Bestselling author Tom Holland\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Canelo","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47151377711344,"sku":"9781910859070","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781910859070_p0.jpg?v=1763629566","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781910859070","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}