{"product_id":"those-opulent-days-9780802163806b","title":"Those Opulent Days","description":"\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003e2025 — Ned Kelly Award for Best Debut Crime Fiction — Shortlisted\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003eFour lifelong friends. A world of extraordinary privilege. One murder that will expose their darkest secrets.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eSet against the glamour and inequality of 1928 French-colonial Vietnam, \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eThose Opulent Days\u003c\/span\u003e is a captivating historical mystery from debut novelist Jacquie Pham. \u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eDuy, Phong, Minh, and Edmond have shared an unbreakable friendship since childhood. Now heirs to powerful families, they enjoy lives filled with wealth, indulgence, and influence. But when the four gather at a luxurious mansion in Dalat, their carefully constructed world begins to unravel—and one of them will not survive the night. \u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eMoving between the fateful gathering and the days preceding it, the story reveals hidden resentments, dangerous loyalties, and long-buried secrets through the perspectives of friends, lovers, families, and servants. \u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eRich in atmosphere and psychological tension, this compelling novel explores friendship, betrayal, colonial power, and the devastating inequalities beneath a glittering society.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003e“A heady, character-driven historical novel embedded with a mystery.” — \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eKirkus Reviews \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003e“\u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eThose Opulent Days \u003c\/span\u003eis a rewarding story, written with elegance and a sharp eye toward the racial and social dynamics of 1920s colonial Vietnam.” — Peggy Kurkowski,\u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003e Historical Novel Society \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003e“1920s Vietnam is lushly and lovingly described, and its characters vividly realized.” — Ilana Masad\u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003e, Los Angeles Times\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Atlantic Monthly Press","offers":[{"title":"Bargain","offer_id":43027318669392,"sku":"9780802163806B","price":11.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookoutlet.com\/en-ca\/products\/those-opulent-days-9780802163806b","provider":"Book Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}