{"product_id":"9781526649430","title":"Death Takes Me: from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author","description":"Author: Rivera Garza, Cristina\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781526649430\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Bloomsbury\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 03 Jun 2025\u003cbr\u003ePages: 304 Format: Hardback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A labyrinthine masterpiece' \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eA\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e subversive\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e twist on the traditional serial killer story\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e' \u003ci\u003eTIME\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eObsessive, dreamlike and hallucinatory' Layla Martinez\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eA city is always a cemetery.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen a professor named Cristina stumbles upon the corpse of a man in a dark alley, she finds a stark warning on the brick wall beside the body, scrawled in coral nail polish- 'Beware of me, my love \/ beware of the silent woman in the desert.' \u003cbr\u003eAfter reporting the crime to the police, the professor becomes the main informant of the case, led by a detective with a newfound obsession with poetry and a long list of failures on her back. As the bodies of more men are found, the detective tries to decipher the meaning of the poems, and the stream of violence spreading throughout the city.\u003cbr\u003eA dark and dazzling literary thriller that flips the traditional crime narrative on its head, \u003ci\u003eDeath Takes Me\u003c\/i\u003e explores with masterful imagination the unstable terrains of gender and violence, death and desire.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eTIME \u003c\/i\u003eMOST ANTICIPATED BOOK FOR 2025\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eTranslated by Sarah Booker and Robin Myers","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46655872991390,"sku":"UBD-9781526649430","price":44.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781526649430.jpg?v=1774836032","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781526649430","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}