{"product_id":"after-hannibal-9780393317701","title":"After Hannibal","description":"From the Booker Prize-winning author of Sacred Hunger, \"a vivid, sinuous, profound, and entirely beguiling venture.\" --Richard Eder, Los Angeles Times. Set in the beautiful landscape and rich history of Umbria, Italy, Booker Prize-winning author Barry Unsworth has written a witty and illuminating work of contemporary manners and morals. The region where Hannibal defeated the Romans is now prey to a different type of invasion: outsiders buying villas with innocent and not so innocent dreams. Among those clustered along one hillside road are the Greens, a retired American couple seeking serenity; the Chapmans, whose dispute over a wall escalates into a feud of operatic proportions; and Fabio and Arturo, a gay couple who, searching for peace and self-sufficiency, find treachery instead. Add to this mix a wily and corrupt British \"building expert,\" and a lawyer who practices subterfuge and plans his client's actions like military strategy, and you have a sharp, entertaining, and satisfyingly bittersweet work.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eUnsworth, Barry:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003eBarry Unsworth\u003c\/strong\u003e (1930-2012), who won the Booker Prize for \u003cem\u003eSacred Hunger\u003c\/em\u003e, was a Booker Prize finalist for \u003cem\u003eMorality Play\u003c\/em\u003e and was long-listed for the Man Booker Prize for \u003cem\u003eThe Ruby in Her Navel\u003c\/em\u003e.","brand":"W. W. Norton \u0026 Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50410926276882,"sku":"9780393317701","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_b15e1209-7707-4006-8221-b397da57225d.jpg?v=1729309386","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/after-hannibal-9780393317701","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}