{"product_id":"the-antipodeans","title":"The Antipodeans","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThree generations, two continents, one forgotten secret\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLONGLISTED: Ockham New Zealand Book Awards\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn 1942, two Kiwi prisoners-of-war escape their German captors with the help of a sympathetic Italian family. Fast-forward to 2014, when a dying rugby coach returns to Venice determined to confront his past, accompanied by his daughter who is fleeing hers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Antipodeans\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis an impassioned story of love and betrayal that spans three generations of a New Zealand family and their interaction with three families of Northern Italy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrom the assassination of a Gestapo commander in the last days of Italian resistance to the cold-blooded murder of a Red Brigades idealist in the Seventies,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Antipodeans\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis a novel of epic proportions in which families from the opposite ends of the earth discover an inter-generational legacy of love, blood and betrayal.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘Finding out how the past has shaped and informed the present gives this enthralling book the tautness of a thriller ... Remarkable’ \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eNew Zealand Listener\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘A big narrative ... The plot is gaunt yet speedy; characters are complex and convincing; setting is evoked deftly’ \u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNew Zealand Herald\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘Like a Venetian \u003cem\u003eCaptain Corelli’s Mandolin\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Antipodeans\u003c\/em\u003e lifts the lid on the violent, messy recent history of a part of Europe which is now a tourist mecca and tells a rich, intense story of decades-old wrongs of the heart’ \u003cstrong\u003eSimon Edge, author of\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Hopkins Conundrum\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-new-link=\"true\"\u003e‘A truly engrossing and superbly woven tale, \u003cem\u003eThe Antipodeans\u003c\/em\u003e is a spellbinding read. Bravissimo!’ \u003cstrong\u003eIan Thornton, author of\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Great and Calamitous Tale of Johan Thoms\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-new-link=\"true\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch6\u003ePaperback: 448pp\u003c\/h6\u003e\n\u003ch6\u003ePublished: Lightning (February 2018)\u003c\/h6\u003e\n\u003ch6\u003eISBN: 9781785630583\u003c\/h6\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Eye Books Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52113456083,"sku":null,"price":8.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1271\/4023\/products\/Antipodean_cover.jpeg?v=1507308290","url":"https:\/\/www.eyebooksgroup.com\/products\/the-antipodeans","provider":"Eye Books Group","version":"1.0","type":"link"}