{"product_id":"the-skating-rink-by-roberto-bolano-9781784879532","title":"The Skating Rink","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA major, retrospective launch of Roberto Bolaño's work - now published as a Vintage Classics author for the first time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDropped from the Olympic figure skating team, Nuria Marti's fate pivots her into a world of corruption, jealousy - and revenge.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eCushioning her fall from grace, a besotted admirer builds a secret ice rink for her in the ruins of an old mansion on the outskirts of their seaside town. What he doesn't tell her is he paid for it using public funds. Such deceit is not without repercussions, and the skating rink soon becomes a crime scene.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eNarrated by a corrupt and pompous civil servant, a beleaguered romantic poet, and a duplicitous civil servant, \u003cem\u003eThe Skating Rink\u003c\/em\u003e is a darkly atmospheric tale of murder and its motives.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eTranslated by Chris Andrews\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'A work of intense and unrealized longing' — \u003cem\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Bolaño makes you feel changed for having read him; he adjusts your angle of view on the world' — \u003cem\u003eGuardian\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House NZ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46672387342572,"sku":"9781784879532","price":24.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/13410153482823.jpg?v=1752845086","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.pro\/products\/the-skating-rink-by-roberto-bolano-9781784879532","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}