{"product_id":"9781927428382","title":"Eucalyptus","description":"\u003cb\u003eAn Amazon.ca Best Book of 2013: Top 100\/Editors' Pick\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Captivating . . . a story of blood, hatred, vengeance, and politics.\"—\u003cb\u003eRadio-Canada\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAlberto Ventura has travelled to Chile to attend the funeral of his father, Roberto. A man hated and loved both by his family and the local people, Roberto was known in the village as an enigma, a rake, a controversial boss, and a quick-tempered thug. It's said that he has destroyed the family land by mass-farming eucalyptus trees, and he's known to have killed a local boy in a fit of rage. Yet as Alberto delves into the rumours that obscure his father's death—was it natural causes, vengeance, murder, or self-sacrifice?—he finds the reputation at stake is his own.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn a breath-catching story of race and identity, rife with Chile's centuries-old tension between natives and local landowners, Mauricio Segura's \u003ci\u003eEucalyptus\u003c\/i\u003e investigates the flashpoint of one village community in an expanding world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Well-executed, with a cinematic quality and keen visual sense … Segura locates the political through the personal in a way that is uncommon.\"—\u003cb\u003eStephen Sparks, Green Apple Books\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A solid novelist of infallible instincts.\"—\u003cb\u003eL'Actualité\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Biblioasis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47176424620272,"sku":"9781927428382","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781927428382_p0.jpg?v=1763636421","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781927428382","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}