{"product_id":"quicksand","title":"Malin Perss Giolitto: Quicksand [2017] paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the 2018 Petrona Award 2018 for the Best Scandinavian Crime Novel of the Year\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Is this teenage girl a demonised victim or cold-blooded killer...? \u003ci\u003eWe Need to Talk About Kevin\u003c\/i\u003e meets \u003ci\u003eThe Secret History\u003c\/i\u003e in this gripping novel about secrets and murder.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe air is hazy and grey with gunpowder smoke. Everyone has been shot but me. I haven't got so much as a bruise....\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Is Maja a normal eighteen-year-old, the poster girl-next-door, popular and excelling at her schoolwork, caught in the middle of a terrible tragedy? Or is she the most reviled teenager in the country? \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Either way, everyone knows her name. She has spent nine excruciating months in jail, awaiting trial for a mass murder that killed her boyfriend and her best friend, and now the time has come for her to enter the courtroom... \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e***What people are saying about QUICKSAND***\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 'This is the \u003cb\u003eevolution of Scandinavian crime\u003c\/b\u003e, in more ways than one' Fredrik Backman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e '\u003cb\u003eCompelling\u003c\/b\u003e and brutally candid, especially about modern adolescence, this is not a comfortable book, but the \u003cb\u003estory is so superbly told that it lingers in the mind long after the jury's verdict\u003c\/b\u003e' \u003ci\u003eDaily Mail\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   \u003cbr\u003e '\u003cb\u003eA suspenseful and addictive experience\u003c\/b\u003e... [Giolito] expertly delves into the fickle psyche of the media and how they can change a story's narrative with one headline and she shames the press's tendency to report wild conjecture over facts... Though Giolito's perspective is Swedish, it absolutely \u003cb\u003etranslates to a greater global crisis\u003c\/b\u003e' \u003ci\u003eReal Crime\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 'Giolito gives us the unsettling monologue of a teenage girl as she works her way through her role in murder. It is \u003cb\u003ea splendid work of fiction\u003c\/b\u003e' \u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 'Gioloto's novel is \u003cb\u003ehaunting and immersive'\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'\u003c\/b\u003eMystery and intrigue in its purest form. Great book, \u003cb\u003erecommended to all'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eMarg J., bookseller\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e '\u003c\/i\u003eA fascinating, often uncomfortable, but \u003cb\u003ethoroughly engrossing\u003c\/b\u003e read'  \u003ci\u003eSarah B.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 'Sweden's latest \u003cb\u003eblockbuster \u003c\/b\u003ethriller \u003cb\u003elives up to the hype\u003c\/b\u003e' \u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 'Maja [is] \u003cb\u003ea heroine you will not forget\u003c\/b\u003e, victim of a toxic love story with a background so familiar to us nowadays... \u003cb\u003ea super thriller - a real page-turner\u003c\/b\u003e'\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMariagrazia M.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 'I have never read a book by a Swedish author so when Quicksand became available I decided that it was the perfect opportunity to try. I certainly wasn't disappointed' \u003cb\u003eDiane Hogg, NetGalley Reviewer 5*\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  'A really powerful book' Netgalley reviewer \u003cb\u003eSarah Bell, Netgalley reviewer 4* \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 'A fast-paced and intriguing mystery that was easy to read and kept me turning the pages' \u003cb\u003eKimberely Knight, Netgalley reviewer 4*\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cbr\u003e  \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Giolitto, Malin Perss","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":44509737943330,"sku":"9781471160332","price":14.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/products\/giolitto-malin-perss-quicksand-9781471160332-40650781196578.jpg?v=1677098327","url":"https:\/\/theirishbookshop.live\/products\/quicksand","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}