{"product_id":"9781784879464","title":"Monsieur Pain","description":"\u003cp\u003eParis, 1938. The Peruvian poet Cesar Vallejo lies in hospital, hiccupping himself to death.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWhen the doctors struggle to offer a diagnosis, his wife calls on an acquaintance of her friend Madame Reynaud, the mesmerist and reclusive bachelor Pierre Pain. Pain, in love and eager to impress, agrees to help. But on a night that 'smells of something strange', things soon go awry...\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA wonderfully oneiric novella that blends the finest of Edgar Allan Poe with Jorge Luis Borges and Bolano's truly astonishing alchemical gifts, Monsieur Pain is a gripping noir conspiracy as rich as it is strange.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTRANSLATED BY CHRIS ANDREWS\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'A surrealist nightmare, with overtones of Edgar Allan Poe and Raymond Chandler' The Times\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis marvellous little yarn is dark, mysterious and rich in surprises... If you have yet to enter the daringly kaleidoscopic labyrinth that is Roberto Bolano's imagination, this is a lively place to begin what will be quite an experience' Irish Times\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Vintage Classics","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49648517742840,"sku":"00000_00000_00000_00000","price":23.87,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/8208\/6904\/files\/9781784879464-1_d5312164-57bc-4525-ad05-7f12eddc8310.jpg?v=1790756094","url":"https:\/\/kinokuniya.com.au\/products\/9781784879464","provider":"Books Kinokuniya Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}