{"product_id":"9781408831618","title":"Sound of Things Falling","description":"Winner of the International IMPAC Dublin Literary AwardWinner of the Alfaguara PrizeWinner of the Gregor von Rezzori Prize'A powerful, humane novel about a man trying to make sense of a war he didn’t choose to fight' The Times'The story is compelling but through Vásquez’s vivid prose (rendered brilliantly into English by the award-winning translator Anne McLean) it also becomes haunting … A poignant and perturbing tale about the inheritance of fear in a country scrabbling to regain its soul' Financial TimesNo sooner does he get to know Ricardo Laverde in a seedy billiard hall in Bogotá than Antonio Yammara realises that the ex-pilot has a secret. Antonio's fascination with his new friend's life grows until the day Ricardo receives a mysterious, unmarked cassette.Shortly afterwards, he is shot dead on a street corner.Yammara's investigation into what happened leads back to the early 1960s, marijuana smuggling and a time before the cocaine trade trapped Colombia in a living nightmare.","brand":"Juan Gabriel Vásquez","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47824668721470,"sku":"9781408831618","price":0.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4357\/7662\/products\/9781408831618_09e109b7-930c-481e-9fbd-800dd27b168a.jpg?v=1707446207","url":"https:\/\/exclusivebooks.co.za\/products\/9781408831618","provider":"Exclusive Books Online","version":"1.0","type":"link"}