{"product_id":"the-sound-of-things-falling-juan-gabriel-vasquez-9781408831618","title":"The Sound of Things Falling","description":"\u003cp\u003eWinner of the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award\n\u003cbr\u003eWinner of the Alfaguara Prize\n\u003cbr\u003eWinner of the Gregor von Rezzori Prize\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'A powerful, humane novel about a man trying to make sense of a war he didn't choose to fight' The Times\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'The story is compelling but through Vasquez's vivid prose (rendered brilliantly into English by the award-winning translator Anne McLean) it also becomes haunting ... A poignant and perturbing tale about the inheritance of fear in a country scrabbling to regain its soul' Financial Times\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eNo sooner does he get to know Ricardo Laverde in a seedy billiard hall in Bogota than Antonio Yammara realises that the ex-pilot has a secret. Antonio's fascination with his new friend's life grows until the day Ricardo receives a mysterious, unmarked cassette.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eShortly afterwards, he is shot dead on a street corner.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eYammara's investigation into what happened leads back to the early 1960s, marijuana smuggling and a time before the cocaine trade trapped Colombia in a living nightmare.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Juan Gabriel Vasquez","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":48921628836083,"sku":"9781408831618","price":22.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0634\/4284\/5939\/files\/9781408831618.jpg?v=1778184185","url":"https:\/\/www.harryhartog.com.au\/products\/the-sound-of-things-falling-juan-gabriel-vasquez-9781408831618","provider":"Harry Hartog Bookseller","version":"1.0","type":"link"}