{"product_id":"the-devils-grip-9781635424201","title":"The Devil's Grip","description":"\u003cb\u003eWickedly dark with a mystical edge, this story of an Italian love affair gone bad captures the irresistible pull of toxic relationships--from the acclaimed author of \u003ci\u003eCarnality\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA woman arrives in Florence, overwhelmed by the strange, warm city so different from her home. Amidst the Renaissance architecture and amorous couples, she finds an unexpected love of her own. With his dark, ugly looks, people might stop and stare, wondering what someone like her was doing with someone like him. But he's the Mickey to her Minnie, and she can fix him--they can fix each other. She feels bound to him, body and soul. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt's not long before the lying starts. Other women have begun to notice him, and she spirals into paranoia. Soon they're both cheating and lashing out, and she becomes more and more convinced he's not merely a violent man: there's a demon inside him, and inside her too. Their grip on each other is so strong, it might be impossible to break, even after she puts an ocean between them, following another man to New Orleans. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHeady, unsettling, and shockingly funny with its dead-on descriptions of codependent and abusive relationships, \u003ci\u003eThe Devil's Grip \u003c\/i\u003etakes us on a breathless journey with the shadow selves we can't escape.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLina Wolff \u003c\/b\u003ewas born in Lund, Sweden, and lived for several years in Spain and Italy, where she worked as a translator. She arrived on the literary stage in 2009 with the publication of \u003ci\u003eMany People Die Like You\u003c\/i\u003e, a collection of short stories set in Spain and in the south of Sweden. In 2012 her debut novel, \u003ci\u003eBret Easton Ellis and the Other Dogs\u003c\/i\u003e, won the Vi Magazine Literature Prize. Her second novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Polyglot Lovers\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003ewon Sweden's highest literary award, the August Prize for Fiction, in 2016, and has been translated into seventeen languages. \u003ci\u003eCarnality\u003c\/i\u003e (Other Press, 2022) was awarded the prestigious Aftonbladet Literature Prize in 2019. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eSaskia Vogel \u003c\/b\u003eis from Los Angeles and lives in Berlin, where she works as a writer and Swedish-to-English literary translator. Her 2019 debut novel, \u003ci\u003ePermission\u003c\/i\u003e, has been translated into four languages. She has written on themes of gender, power, and the art of translation for publications such as \u003ci\u003eGranta\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe White Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Offing\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Paris Review Daily\u003c\/i\u003e. Her translations include work by Lina Wolff, Katrine Marçal, Karolina Ramqvist, Johannes Anyuru, and the modernist eroticist Rut Hillarp.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Other Press (NY)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50601179742482,"sku":"9781635424201","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_aab055b8-bec6-4b2c-96de-897b696b92bd.jpg?v=1732222479","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-devils-grip-9781635424201","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}