{"product_id":"map-of-the-invisible-world-pb-z49","title":"Tash Aw: Map of the Invisible World [2010] paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom the author of the internationally acclaimed, Whitbread Award-winning 'The Harmony Silk Factory' comes an enthralling new novel that evokes an exotic yet turbulent and often frightening world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e          \u003cp\u003eSixteen-year-old Adam is an orphan three times over. He and his older brother, Johan, were abandoned by their mother as children; he watched as Johan was adopted and taken away by a wealthy couple; and he had to hide when Karl, the Dutch man who raised him, was arrested by soldiers during Sukarno's drive to purge 1960s Indonesia of its colonial past.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e          \u003cp\u003eAdam sets out on a quest to find Karl, but all he has to guide him are some old photos and letters, which send him to the colourful, dangerous capital, Jakarta. Johan, meanwhile, is living a seemingly carefree, privileged life in Malaysia, but is careening out of control, unable to forget the long-ago betrayal of his helpless, trusting brother.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e          \u003cp\u003e'Map of the Invisible World' is a masterful novel, and confirms Tash Aw as one of the most exciting young writers at work today.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Aw, Tash","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":46595725656403,"sku":"9780007349982","price":4.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/files\/aw-tash-tash-aw-map-of-the-invisible-world-2010-paperback-9780007349982-58021769118035.jpg?v=1727993285","url":"https:\/\/theirishbookshop.live\/products\/map-of-the-invisible-world-pb-z49","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}