{"product_id":"ransom-9780307475244","title":"Ransom","description":"In his first novel in more than a decade, award-winning author David Malouf reimagines the pivotal narrative of Homer's \u003ci\u003eIliad\u003c\/i\u003e--one of the most famous passages in all of literature. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis is the story of the relationship between two grieving men at war: fierce Achilles, who has lost his beloved Patroclus in the siege of Troy; and woeful Priam, whose son Hector killed Patroclus and was in turn savaged by Achilles. A moving tale of suffering, sorrow, and redemption, \u003ci\u003eRansom \u003c\/i\u003eis incandescent in its delicate and powerful lyricism and its unstated imperative that we imagine our lives in the glow of fellow feeling.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDavid Malouf\u003c\/b\u003e--winner of the inaugural Australia-Asia Literary Award, the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award, the Prix Femina Étranger and the \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e Book Award--is the author of, among other works, \u003ci\u003eRemembering Babylon\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e An Imaginary Life \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e The Conversations at Curlow Creek\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives in Australia.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Knopf Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50410093281554,"sku":"9780307475244","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_535ef905-66d1-4eba-9daa-ff8006ad1456.jpg?v=1729301513","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/ransom-9780307475244","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}