{"product_id":"9780099599685","title":"The Ballad of a Small Player","description":"Author: Osborne, Lawrence\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9780099599685\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: RANDOM HOUSE UK\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 15 May 2015\u003cbr\u003ePages: 224 \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA riveting study of risk and obsession, from a writer of effortless grace and menace\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSOON TO BE A MAJOR streaming FILM, STARRING COLIN FARELL AND TILDA SWINTON\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e'I waited patiently for the next hand to be played out, and I had a feeling it was going to be a Natural, a perfect nine.'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eHis name is Lord Doyle.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHis plan- to gamble away his last days in the dark and decadent casino halls of Macau.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHis game- \u003ci\u003ebaccarat punto blanco\u003c\/i\u003e -- 'that slutty dirty queen of casino card games.'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThough Doyle is not a Lord at all. He is a fake; a corrupt lawyer who has spent a career siphoning money from rich clients. And now he is on the run, determined to send the money - and himself - up in smoke.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSo begins a beguiling, elliptical velvet rope of a plot- a sharp suit, yellow kid gloves, another \u003ci\u003enaughty lemonade\u003c\/i\u003e and an endless loop of small wins and losses. When Lady Luck arrives in the form of Dao-Ming, a beautiful yet enigmatic lost soul, so begins a spectacular and unnatural winning streak in which millions come Doyle's way. But in these shadowy dens of risk and compulsion, in a land governed by superstition, Doyle knows that when the bets are high, the stakes are even greater.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Ballad of a Small Player\u003c\/i\u003e is a sleek, dark-hearted masterpiece- a ghost story set in the land of the living, and a decadent morality tale of a Faustian pact made, not with the devil, but with fortune's fickle hand.","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46299248197790,"sku":"UBD-9780099599685","price":24.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9780099599685.jpg?v=1766041421","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9780099599685","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}