{"product_id":"trick-9781609454449","title":"Trick","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA weary man faces the ghosts of his past while caring for his grandson in Naples in this National Book Award finalist novel by the acclaimed author of \u003cem\u003eTies\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eTrick\u003c\/em\u003e, Domenico Starnone presents an unusual duel between two formidable minds. One is Daniele Mallarico, a once-successful illustrator who feels his artistic prowess fading. The other is Mario, Daniele’s four-year-old grandson. Daniele is living in virtual solitude in Milan when his daughter asks him to come to Naples to babysit Mario for a few days\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eShut inside his childhood home—an apartment in the center of Naples that is filled with memoires of Daniele’s past—grandfather and grandson match wits as Daniele heads toward a reckoning with his own ambitions and life choices. Meanwhile, Naples pulses outside, a wily, passionate city whose influence can never be shaken.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs translator Jhumpa Lahiri says in her introduction, \u003cem\u003eTricks\u003c\/em\u003e is “an extremely playful literary composition” by the Strega Prize–winning novelist whom many consider to be one of Italy’s greatest living writers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n","brand":"Domenico Starnone","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43202005762166,"sku":"9781609454449","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0671\/1374\/6550\/files\/CoreSourceHub_d76f2eb4-69ea-42e8-bb1d-9d742c1ef8ca.jpg?v=1777483598","url":"https:\/\/ingramacademic.com\/products\/trick-9781609454449","provider":"Ingram Academic \u0026 Professional","version":"1.0","type":"link"}