{"product_id":"ten-2","title":"Ten","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Mafia and the Ten Commandments meet in these interlinked short stories about the undebelly of Naples.\u003ci\u003e Ten\u003c\/i\u003e uncovers the raw heart of a city, telling the stories of ordinary people forced to make extraordinary compromises in a place permeated by crime.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWe encounter a son who finds that he is capable of a terrible act when faced with his mother’s suffering 'because someone had to do it'; a girl whose only outlet for the horrors of an adult’s abuse is to confide in a stuffed toy; an ancient nightclub singer whose ambition has led him to become a drug tester for a Mafia boss; and Ray-Ban who, during a night of mayhem with his friends, manages to steal the wrong car and pays dearly for it.   \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEach comes to life with painful precision in the hands of Andrej Longo – their fears, regrets, energy and grace. In direct and sometimes brutally raw prose, he conjures a searing new vision of Naples. With the lightest of brush strokes, Longo builds a vivid portrait of a city, its people, and their dreams of escape.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Vintage Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":32043072094291,"sku":"9781846556173","price":18.5,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781846556173.jpg?v=1764397833","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/ten-2","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}