{"product_id":"9781787335165","title":"Money to Burn","description":"Author: Nordenhof, Asta Olivia\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781787335165\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: RANDOM HOUSE UK\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 13 May 2025\u003cbr\u003ePages: 160\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Hardback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn award-winning and dazzling Danish novel, the first in the groundbreaking Scandinavian Star series, that explores love, betrayal and capitalism - for readers of Deborah Levy and Tove Ditlevsen\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn the aftermath of a national disaster, a couple look back on their marriage and what it cost them in this groundbreaking novel about capitalism's effect on the human heart\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e*\u003ci\u003eGuardian \u003c\/i\u003ebest translated fiction of 2025*\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Buzzes with electricity... intriguing, maddening, exciting. I'm in' \u003ci\u003eObserver\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Like a normal novel with the boring bits taken out' \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMaggie and Kurt are struggling to hold their marriage together after their only daughter has left home. They live in an old farmhouse in Nyborg but somehow keep missing each other, unable to discuss the events that brought them together.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDecades ago, a passenger ferry called the\u003ci\u003e Scandinavian Star \u003c\/i\u003ecaught fire, killing 159 people. The event is still considered a national tragedy in Denmark and Norway. Years later, it was revealed not to be an accident, but the result of an insurance scam gone wrong.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHow is the \u003ci\u003eScandinavian Star\u003c\/i\u003e disaster connected to Maggie and Kurt? How does money affect and infect our closest relationships? And is it ever possible to escape?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Taut and intelligent... a moving love story and an incendiary indictment of contemporary society' \u003ci\u003eLiterary Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A comet in Scandinavian literature' OLGA RAVN\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Startling and irresistible' CLAIRE-LOUISE BENNETT\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Unusual, fascinating, and complicated in the best way' CLAIRE FULLER\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Nordenhof's writing is electrifying' CHETNA MAROO\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47792374153374,"sku":"UBD-9781787335165","price":34.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781787335165.jpg?v=1780915395","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781787335165","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}