{"product_id":"the-sound-of-things-falling","title":"Juan Gabriel Vásquez: The Sound of Things Falling [2013] paperback","description":"\u003cb\u003eWinner of the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award\u003cbr\u003eWinner of the Alfaguara Prize\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the Gregor von Rezzori Prize\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A powerful, humane novel about a man trying to make sense of a war he didn't choose to fight'\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe story is compelling but through Vasquez's vivid prose (rendered brilliantly into English by the award-winning translator Anne McLean) it also becomes haunting ... A poignant and perturbing tale about the inheritance of fear in a country scrabbling to regain its soul' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNo sooner does he get to know Ricardo Laverde in a seedy billiard hall in Bogota than Antonio Yammara realises that the ex-pilot has a secret. Antonio's fascination with his new friend's life grows until the day Ricardo receives a mysterious, unmarked cassette.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eShortly afterwards, he is shot dead on a street corner.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eYammara's investigation into what happened leads back to the early 1960s, marijuana smuggling and a time before the cocaine trade trapped Colombia in a living nightmare.","brand":"Vasquez, Juan Gabriel","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":44255000559906,"sku":"9781408831618","price":13.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false},{"title":"Good","offer_id":48835387785555,"sku":"XG81408831618","price":4.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false},{"title":"Like New","offer_id":51575938482515,"sku":"XE81408831618","price":6.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"Very Good","offer_id":47170213806419,"sku":"XV81408831618","price":6.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/files\/vasquez-juan-gabriel-juan-gabriel-vasquez-the-sound-of-things-falling-2013-paperback-56665003983187.jpg?v=1728203895","url":"https:\/\/theirishbookshop.live\/products\/the-sound-of-things-falling","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}