{"product_id":"palace-of-the-drowned-9780349144498","title":"Palace of the Drowned","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the author of the critically acclaimed \u003ci\u003eTangerine\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhen you learn the truth at the end, you''ll want to go back and rethink everything you read before \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e- \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA delightfully seductive dance of yearning and suspicion, where the old is always on notice that it must at some point make way for the new\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e - \u003ci\u003ei newspaper\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In Venice, Frances Croy is working to leave the previous year behind: another novel published to little success, a scathing review she can''t quite manage to forget, and, most of all, the real reason behind her self-imposed exile from London: the incident at the Savoy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Sequestered within an aging palazzo, Frankie finds comfort in the emptiness of Venice in winter, in the absence of others.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e And then Gilly appears.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e A young woman claiming a connection from back home, one that Frankie can''t quite seem to recall, Gilly seems determined for the two women to become fa\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn her taut and mesmerizing follow up to \u003ci\u003eTangerine\u003c\/i\u003e, the preternaturally gifted Christine Mangan plunges us into another exotic and bewitchingly rendered locale, this time Venice off-season, moody and damp, where well-known novelist Frankie Croy has gone to escape dark memories. Instead, a surprise entanglement with a mysterious young woman sets Frankie on edge, threatening to unravel her already precarious mental state. Voluptuously atmospheric and surefooted at every turn, \u003ci\u003ePalace of the\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eDrowned \u003c\/i\u003emore than delivers on the promise of Mangan's debut, and firmly establishes her as a writer of consequence -- Paula McLain, author of The Paris Wife and When the Stars Go Dark\u003cbr\u003eA malice-infused mystery. \u003cb\u003eWhen you learn the truth at the end, you'll want to go back and rethink everything you read before \u003c\/b\u003e * New York Times *\u003cbr\u003eVenice in winter - all dank, smelly canals and swirling fog. Lovely stuff. A boisterously melodramatic climax * The Times *\u003cbr\u003eA delightfully seductive dance of yearning and suspicion, where the old is always on notice that it must at some point make way for the new. * i newspaper *\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Little, Brown Book Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48733660086615,"sku":"9780349144498","price":8.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780349144498.jpg?v=1720001080","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/palace-of-the-drowned-9780349144498","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}