{"product_id":"8-lives-of-a-century-old-trickster-9780349016771b","title":"8 Lives of a Century-Old Trickster","description":"\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003eTHE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2024\u003cbr\u003eLONGLISTED FOR THE 2024 WILBUR SMITH ADVENTURE WRITING PRIZE\u003cbr\u003eSHORTLISTED FOR THE 2024 WILLIAM SAROYAN INTERNATIONAL PRIZE FOR WRITING\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSLAVE. ESCAPE-ARTIST. MURDERER. TERRORIST. SPY. LOVER. MOTHER. TRICKSTER.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAt the Golden Sunset retirement home, it is not unusual for residents to invent stories. So 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. The adventures are so colourful and various, at times so unbelievable. Surely they can't all belong to the same woman. Can they?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003e8 Lives of a Century-Old Trickster\u003c\/span\u003e longlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction 2024, announced on 5th March 2024.","brand":"Virago Press (UK)","offers":[{"title":"Bargain","offer_id":42824563785808,"sku":"9780349016771B","price":5.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0592\/8173\/5760\/files\/9780349016771-l.jpg?v=1785897100","url":"https:\/\/bookoutlet.com\/products\/8-lives-of-a-century-old-trickster-9780349016771b","provider":"Book Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}