{"product_id":"the-birthday-party-9781804270226","title":"The Birthday Party","description":"\u003cp\u003eBuried deep in rural France, little remains of the isolated hamlet of the Three Lone Girls, save a few houses and a curiously assembled quartet: Patrice Bergogne, inheritor of his family's farm; his wife, Marion; their daughter, Ida; and their neighbour, Christine, an artist. While Patrice plans a surprise for his wife's fortieth birthday, inexplicable events start to disrupt the hamlet's quiet existence: anonymous, menacing letters, an unfamiliar car rolling up the driveway. And as night falls, strangers stalk the houses, unleashing a nightmarish chain of events.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTold in rhythmic, propulsive prose that weaves seamlessly from one consciousness to the next over the course of a day, Laurent Mauvignier's The Birthday Party is a deft unravelling of the stories we hide from others and from ourselves, a gripping tale of the violent irruptions of the past into the present, written by a major contemporary French writer.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor: Laurent Mauvignier\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eModern \u0026amp; contemporary fiction (post c 1945)\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 18 Jan 2023 by Fitzcarraldo Editions.\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Laurent Mauvignier","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57319919419770,"sku":"9781804270226","price":16.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0373\/4125\/files\/9781804270226.jpg?v=1790637692","url":"https:\/\/belfastbooks.co.uk\/ar\/products\/the-birthday-party-9781804270226","provider":"Belfast Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}