{"product_id":"de-niros-game-9780061470578","title":"De Niro's Game","description":"\u003cp\u003eChildhood best friends Bassam and George have grown to be men in war-ravaged Beirut. Now they must choose between the only two futures available to them: to stay in the devastated city and consolidate power through crime or to go into exile abroad, alienated from the only existence they have ever known. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTold in a distinctive, captivating voice that fuses vivid cinematic imagery, a page-turning plot, and exquisite, dark poetry, \u003cem\u003eDe Niro's Game\u003c\/em\u003e is an explosive portrait of life in a war zone and a powerful meditation on what comes after. It won the prestigious International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award in 2008.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHage, Rawi:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eRawi Hage was born in Beirut and lived through nine years of the Lebanese civil war. He is a writer, a visual artist, and a curator, and he resides in Montreal. First published in Canada, \u003cem\u003eDe Niro's Game\u003c\/em\u003e was a finalist for that nation's top literary prizes--the Scotiabank Giller Prize, the Governor General's Literary Award, the Writers' Trust Award, and the Commonwealth Writers' Prize--and won the McAuslan First Book Prize and the Paragraphe Hugh MacLennan Prize for Fiction.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Perennial","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50692581753106,"sku":"9780061470578","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_14b6dee5-2af4-4815-85b6-542b50fc3506.jpg?v=1734128199","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/de-niros-game-9780061470578","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}