{"product_id":"a-case-of-matricide-9781771966474","title":"A Case of Matricide","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom the Booker-nominated author of \u003cem\u003eCase Study\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eHis Bloody Project\u003c\/em\u003e comes the next adventure of Inspector Gorski.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the unremarkable French town of Saint-Louis, a mysterious stranger stalks the streets; an elderly woman believes her son is planning to kill her; a prominent businessman drops dead. Between visits to the town's drinking establishments, Chief Inspector Georges Gorski ponders what connections, if any, exist between these events, all while grappling with his own domestic and existential demons.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith his signature virtuosity, in which literary sleight-of-hand meets piercing insight into human nature, Graeme Macrae Burnet punctures the respectable bourgeois fa?ade of small-town life and unspools a spellbinding riddle that blurs the boundaries between suspect, investigator, writer, and reader.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGraeme Macrae Burnet \u003c\/strong\u003ewas born in Kilmarnock, Scotland, and now lives in Glasgow. \u003cem\u003eHis Bloody Project\u003c\/em\u003e, his second novel, was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2016, won the Saltire Society Fiction Book of the Year Award 2016, and was shortlisted for the \u003cem\u003eLA Times\u003c\/em\u003e Book Awards 2017. His fourth novel, \u003cem\u003eCase Study\u003c\/em\u003e, was longlisted for the Booker Prize 2022 and was included in the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e 100 Notable Books of 2022. \u003cem\u003eA Case of Matricide\u003c\/em\u003e is his fifth novel, the third featuring Chief Inspector Georges Gorski.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Biblioasis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50875424407826,"sku":"9781771966474","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_3c28ebb3-4132-4961-a906-5b11240de136.jpg?v=1738287568","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/a-case-of-matricide-9781771966474","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}