{"product_id":"your-face-tomorrow-fever-and-spear-9780811216128","title":"Your Face Tomorrow: Fever and Spear","description":"Part spy novel, part romance, part Henry James, \u003cem\u003eYour Face Tomorrow\u003c\/em\u003e is a wholly remarkable display of the immense gifts of Javier Marias. With \u003cem\u003eFever and Spear\u003c\/em\u003e, Volume One of his unfolding novel \u003cem\u003eYour Face Tomorrow\u003c\/em\u003e, he returns us to the rarified world of Oxford (the delightful setting of \u003cem\u003eAll Souls\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eDark Back of Time\u003c\/em\u003e), while introducing us to territory entirely new--espionage.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Our hero, Jaime Deza, separated from his wife in Madrid, is a bit adrift in London until his old friend Sir Peter Wheeler--retired Oxford don and semi-retired master spy--recruits him for a new career in British Intelligence. Deza possesses a rare gift for seeing behind the masks people wear. He is soon observing interviews conducted by Her Majesty's secret service: variously shady international businessmen one day, would-be coup leaders the next. Seductively, this metaphysical thriller explores past, present, and future in the ever-more-perilous 21st century. This compelling and enigmatic tour de force from one of Europe's greatest writers continues with Volume Two, \u003cem\u003eDance and Dream\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMarías, Javier:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003eJavier Marías\u003c\/strong\u003e is an award-winning Spanish novelist. He is also a translator and columnist, as well as the current king of Redonda. He was born in Madrid in 1951 and published his first novel at the age of nineteen. He has held academic posts in Spain, the US (he was a visiting professor at Wellesley College) and Britain, as a lecturer in Spanish Literature at Oxford University. He has been translated into 34 languages, and more than six million copies of his books have been sold worldwide. In 1997 he won the Nelly Sachs Award; the Comunidad de Madrid award in 1998; in 2000 the Grinzane Cavour Award, the Alberto Moravia Prize, and the Dublin IMPAC Award. He also won the Spanish National Translation Award in 1979 for his translation of \u003cem\u003eTristram Shandy\u003c\/em\u003e in 1979. He was a professor at Oxford University and the Complutense of Madrid. He currently lives in Madrid.\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eCosta, Margaret Jull:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eMargaret Jull Costa\u003c\/strong\u003e, who has translated Javier Marías and José Saramago, lives in England.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"New Directions Publishing Corporation","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50492113781010,"sku":"9780811216128","price":22.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_1ec9ab3d-d0fc-49a4-b617-fe0859af91ec.jpg?v=1758090907","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/your-face-tomorrow-fever-and-spear-9780811216128","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}