{"product_id":"the-lizard-cage-9780099502470","title":"The Lizard Cage","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eTeza once electrified the people of Burma with his protest songs against the dictatorship. Arrested by the Burmese secret police in the days of mass protest, he is seven years into a twenty-year sentence in solitary confinement, cut off from his family and contact with other prisoners. Enduring the harsh conditions with resourcefulness, Buddhist patience and humour, he searches for news and human connection in every being and object that is grudgingly allowed into his cell.\u003cbr\u003eDespite his isolation, Teza has a profound influence on the world of the cage. He inspires the conscience-ridden senior jailer to radical change. His very existence challenges the brutal authority of Handsome, the junior jailer. Even though his server, the criminal Sein Yun, sees compromising the singer as a ticket out of jail, Teza befriends him, risking falling into the trap of forbidden conversation, food and the most dangerous contraband of all, paper and pen.\u003cbr\u003eLastly there''s Little Brother, an orphan c\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSo consummate is Karen Connelly's skill in \u003ci\u003eThe Lizard Cage\u003c\/i\u003e that elements [of the life of a political prisoner in Burma] compel us to keep turning the pages. Her writing is muscular and taut, bringing inmates and warders fully alive. Impressive * New York Times *\u003cbr\u003eExpertly constructed, often harrowing thriller * Guardian *\u003cbr\u003eA chilling and powerful story * Times Literary Supplement *\u003cbr\u003eIn a feat of epic vision, Karen Connelly uses her every art to tell the urgent story of what the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ecalls \"Myanmar, arguably the most repressive regime in the world\". The suspense never relents. Hope is small, but it lives, strengthened by this powerful book. -- Maxine Hong Kingston\u003cbr\u003eConnelly reminds me of Latin American writers and poets like Pablo Neruda, who wrote so eloquently about the ills of their homelands. Like these writers, too, Connelly finds beauty and kindness and the potential for redemption in the most unexpected places. * Toronto Globe and Mail *\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Vintage Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52090646856023,"sku":"9780099502470","price":15.29,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780099502470.jpg?v=1762272919","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-lizard-cage-9780099502470","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}