{"product_id":"the-book-of-hidden-things-9781785657078","title":"The Book of Hidden Things","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom \"one of the most significant figures of the last generation of fantasy\", comes Francesco Dimitri's debut novel in English, an enthralling and seductive fantasy following four old friends and the secrets they keep.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFour old school friends have a pact: to meet up every year in the small town in Puglia they grew up in. Art, the charismatic leader of the group and creator of the pact, insists that the agreement must remain unshakable and enduring. But this year, he never shows up. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA visit to his house increases the friends' worry; Art is farming marijuana. In Southern Italy doing that kind of thing can be very dangerous. They can't go to the Carabinieri so must make enquiries of their own. This is how they come across the rumours about Art; bizarre and unbelievable rumours that he miraculously cured the local mafia boss's daughter of terminal leukaemia. And among the chaos of his house, they find a document written by Art, The Book of Hidden Things, that promises to reveal dark secrets and wonders beyond anything previously known. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrancesco Dimitri's first novel written in English, following his career as one of the most significant fantasy writers in Italy, will entrance fans of Elena Ferrante, Neil Gaiman and Donna Tartt. Set in the beguiling and seductive landscape of Southern Italy, this story is about friendship and landscape, love and betrayal; above all it is about the nature of mystery itself.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrancesco Dimitri\u003c\/b\u003e is a prize-winning writer of fiction and nonfiction, a comic book writer and a screenwriter. He published eight books in Italian before switching to English. His first Italian novel was made into a film, and his last was defined by as the sort of book from which a genre 'starts again'. His first English novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Book of Hidden Things\u003c\/i\u003e, a critical and commercial success, has been optioned for cinema and TV. After his second, \u003ci\u003eNever The Wind\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eFortean Times\u003c\/i\u003e called him 'one of the most wondrous writers of our time'.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Titan Books (UK)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50525146808594,"sku":"9781785657078","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_15eafc49-a090-42ad-b1cf-3ca47747874c.jpg?v=1731204149","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-book-of-hidden-things-9781785657078","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}