{"product_id":"8-lives-of-a-century-old-trickster","title":"8 Lives of a Century-Old Trickster","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSLAVE. ESCAPE-ARTIST. MURDERER. TERRORIST. SPY. LOVER. MOTHER. TRICKSTER. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAt the Golden Sunset retirement home, it is not unusual for residents to invent stories. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSo when elderly Ms Mook first begins to unspool her memories, the obituarist listening to her is sceptical. Stories of captivity, friendship, murder, assumed identities and spying. A life that moves from WWII Indonesia to Busan during the Korean war; from cold-war Pyongyang to a Protestant church in China.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe adventures are so colourful and various, at times so unbelievable. Surely they can't all belong to the same woman. Can they? As playful and thought-provoking as it is compelling, as brutal and harrowing as it is achingly poignant and tender, this is a novel about love and war, deceit and betrayal, about identity, storytelling and the trickery required for survival.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mirnae Lee","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44593444847873,"sku":"9780349016771","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0573\/8600\/8738\/files\/websitecovertemplate-921.png?v=1713367599","url":"https:\/\/rarebirdsbooks.live\/products\/8-lives-of-a-century-old-trickster","provider":"Rare Birds Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}