{"product_id":"duende-9780552999977","title":"Duende","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBrought up in England, Jason Webster has lived for many years in Spain. His acclaimed non-fiction books about Spain include \u003ci\u003eDuende: A Journey in Search of Flamenco\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eAndalus:\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eUnlocking the Secrets of Moorish Spain\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eGuerra: Living in the Shadows of the Spanish Civil War\u003c\/i\u003e;\u003ci\u003e Sacred Sierra: A Year on a Spanish Mountain \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Spy with 29 Names.\u003c\/i\u003e His Max Cámara series of crime novels started with \u003ci\u003eOr the Bull Kills You\u003c\/i\u003e, which was was longlisted for the CWA Specsavers Crime Thriller Awards New Blood Dagger 2011. This was followed by \u003ci\u003eA Death in Valencia\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e,\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Anarchist Detective, Blood Med \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eA Body in Barcelona. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe autobiography-as-travelogue that is also a rite of passage is a form which worked brilliantly for Laurie Lee and Bruce Chatwin - both novelists as well as seekers after the truth-behind-the-truth. Ladies and gentlemen, we have a new star of the genre: Jason Webster * Daily Mail *\u003cbr\u003eHis descriptions of troubled modern day Spain are mesmerising, but the greater curiosity is in seeing just how much trouble the confused innocent can create for himself before finding out whom he might really be * Daily Express *\u003cbr\u003eWonderfully told, with enough detail about flamenco to educate the curious, and enough drama and characters to fill a novel, Webster may not have turned out to be a guitar maestro, but his journey is recounted like a master * Wanderlust *\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDuende\u003c\/i\u003e is an intensely personal portrait of a country in the throes of modernisation, whose spirit still defies definition * Observer *\u003cbr\u003eOne of the best books ever written about Spain * Literary Review *","brand":"Transworld Publishers Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48735311135063,"sku":"9780552999977","price":11.69,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780552999977.jpg?v=1723810122","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/duende-9780552999977","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}