{"product_id":"the-white-devil-9781474610100","title":"The White Devil","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWelcome to the dark side of the dolce vita.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDomenic Stansberry had the inspired idea of transposing \u003ci\u003eThe White Devil\u003c\/i\u003e, John Webster's first great tragedy, to present day Rome, lacing it with aphoristic wit and recounting it in an \u003cb\u003eeerie, shimmering flow\u003c\/b\u003e. * Irish Times - Best Crime Fiction of 2018 *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eExcellent\u003c\/b\u003e... Stansberry deserves to be better known... \u003cb\u003eMenace, murder and eroticism lurk\u003c\/b\u003e. * Marcel Berlins, The Times *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eIntoxicating\u003c\/b\u003e... Rome is brilliantly captured, as is Italian society, but it is the tragic heroine and her flawed brother that \u003cb\u003elinger in the mind\u003c\/b\u003e. * Daily Mail *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA glittering noir triumph\u003c\/b\u003e... Brilliantly reimagined, \u003cb\u003efast-moving\u003c\/b\u003e, aphoristic and recounted in a delirious, shimmering erotic flow, \u003ci\u003eThe White Devil\u003c\/i\u003e is a possessed, fever dream of a book, an unwise third cocktail that proves \u003cb\u003eimpossible to resist\u003c\/b\u003e. * The Irish Times *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA stunning piece of noir\u003c\/b\u003e, loosely based on John Webster's classic Renaissance play, which evokes both the Rome of Fellini and shades of Patricia Highsmith... Love triangles, an insidiously seedy atmosphere of corruption unleashed, a \u003ci\u003efemme fatale\u003c\/i\u003e like no other and a lush background makes for a \u003cb\u003ebreathless \u003c\/b\u003etale which shifts effortlessly from beauty to crime, in a both lyrical and terse, Hemingway-like narrative... You keep on rooting for the morally dubious heroine even though you know she is not to be trusted until her inevitable fall from grace. \u003cb\u003eA revelation\u003c\/b\u003e. * Crime Time, Book of the Month *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eOne of the classiest pieces of \u003ci\u003enoir \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eyou'll read this year\u003c\/b\u003e... It is atmospheric, deliberately \u003cb\u003eambiguous\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003evengeful\u003c\/b\u003e, by turns \u003cb\u003esultry \u003c\/b\u003eand icy in tone \u003cb\u003ewith a leading female character you want to trust but simply dare not\u003c\/b\u003e. * Mike Ripley, Shots Mag *\u003cbr\u003ea \u003cb\u003ewonderfully indulgent\u003c\/b\u003e read with some surprising twists * The Lady *\u003cbr\u003eA wild ride... \u003cb\u003eexceptional\u003c\/b\u003e * Publishers Weekly - starred review *\u003cbr\u003eFreaking \u003cb\u003eincredible\u003c\/b\u003e * Crimespree *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eVoluptuous and sharply delineated\u003c\/b\u003e... the backdrop of sultry and crumbling Rome lends the whole story a \u003cb\u003ehot and crackling\u003c\/b\u003e ambience * TripFiction.com *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSultry, decadent, and erotically charged\u003c\/b\u003e * Booklist *\u003cbr\u003ePerhaps the most surprising feature of this \u003ci\u003etour de force\u003c\/i\u003e is its \u003cb\u003epervasive links to both Jacobean tragedy and contemporary Mediterranean noir\u003c\/b\u003e. Who knew? * Kirkus *\u003cbr\u003eMore than a murder mystery: a story of Italy, obsessions, candid cultural observations, and a sense of place and confused purpose that \u003cb\u003ekeeps readers guessing, entertained, and thoroughly immersed\u003c\/b\u003e * Midwest Book Review *\u003cbr\u003eA sensitive writer and observer * New York Times *\u003cbr\u003eStansberry is an \u003cb\u003eextraordinarily evocative\u003c\/b\u003e writer * George Pelecanos, writer\/producer THE WIRE *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eOne of the genre's best writers\u003c\/b\u003e right now * Sarah Weinman, author of THE REAL LOLITA *\u003cbr\u003eStansberry is a \u003cb\u003ehard-hitting, uncompromising\u003c\/b\u003e writer * Bookreporter.com *","brand":"Orion Publishing Co","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49408903086423,"sku":"9781474610100","price":8.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781474610100.jpg?v=1730504631","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-white-devil-9781474610100","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}