{"product_id":"9781911648758","title":"The Simple Art of Killing a Woman","description":"Author: Patricia Melo\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781911648758\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: The Indigo Press\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 01 Aug 2024\u003cbr\u003ePages: 254\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom bestselling Brazilian crime novelist Patrcia Melo comes a masterful thriller that is by turns poetic, inspiring, humorous and harrowing.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTo escape an overprotective family and an abusive partner, a young lawyer accepts an assignment in the Amazonian border town of Cruzeiro do Sul. There, she meets Carla, a local prosecutor, and Marcos, the son of an indigenous woman, and learns about an epidemic of violence against women that seems beyond comprehension.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat she finds in the jungle is not only relentless oppression, but a deep longing for answers to an unsolved crime from her past. Through the ritual use of ayahuasca, she meets a chorus of warrior women on a path of revenge and recovers the painful details of her mother\u0026amp;#x27;s death.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Simple Art of Killing a Woman\u003c\/i\u003e is a psychological trip with a twist. It\u0026amp;#x27;s about the strength of individuals in the face of overwhelming violence, the problem of femicide in Brazil, and the haunting of a cold case.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A deeply affecting novel illuminating the costs of being a woman in a dangerous, misogynistic society.' -\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eReviews\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Simple Art of Killing a Woman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003evibrates with rage at femicide and glows with hallucinatory images of jaguars and Amazons.' - Bcher am Sonntag\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46857134506142,"sku":"ADS-9781911648758","price":29.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781911648758.jpg?v=1779155688","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781911648758","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}