{"product_id":"pravda-paperback-1","title":"Pravda - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eEdward Docx\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA sweeping transcontinental novel of secrets and lies buried within a single family \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThirty-two-year-old Gabriel Glover arrives in St. Petersburg to find his mother dead in her apartment. Reeling from grief, Gabriel and his twin sister, Isabella, arrange the funeral without contacting their father, Nicholas, a brilliant and manipulative libertine. Unknown to the twins, their mother had long ago abandoned a son, Arkady, a pitiless Russian predator now determined to claim his birthright. Aided by an ex-seminarian whose heroin addiction is destroying him, Arkady sets out to find the siblings and uncover the dark secret hidden from them their entire lives. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWinner of the Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize and long-listed for the Man Booker Prize, Pravda is a darkly funny, compulsively readable, and hauntingly beautiful chronicle of discovery and loss, love and loyalty, and the destructive legacy of deceit.\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eA sweeping transcontinental novel of secrets and lies buried within a single family\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Thirty-two-year-old Gabriel Glover arrives in St. Petersburg to find his mother dead in her apartment. Reeling from grief, Gabriel and his twin sister, Isabella, arrange the funeral without contacting their father, Nicholas, a brilliant and manipulative libertine. Unknown to the twins, their mother had long ago abandoned a son, Arkady, a pitiless Russian predator now determined to claim his birthright. Aided by an ex-seminarian whose heroin addiction is destroying him, Arkady sets out to find the siblings and uncover the dark secret hidden from them their entire lives.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Winner of the Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize and long-listed for the Man Booker Prize, Pravda is a darkly funny, compulsively readable, and hauntingly beautiful chronicle of discovery and loss, love and loyalty, and the destructive legacy of deceit.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Edward Docx is the author of the acclaimed\u003ci\u003eThe Calligrapher\u003c\/i\u003e, named a \u003ci\u003eSan Fransisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e Best Book of the Year. He lives in London.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 400\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.99 x 8.09 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 19, 2008\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42723657711679,"sku":"9780618534401","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/bee7e4b86965beea6b1ba51ace60f6e2.webp?v=1765099913","url":"https:\/\/dhl-adrianne.myshopify.com\/products\/pravda-paperback-1","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}