{"product_id":"the-destroyers-1","title":"Destroyers","description":"'\u003ci\u003eThe Destroyers \u003c\/i\u003eis a \u003cb\u003esmart, sophisticated literary thriller\u003c\/b\u003e; for all its originality, it invokes the shades of Lawrence Durrell and Graham Greene' \u003cb\u003eJay McInerney\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \u003ci\u003eBright, Precious Days\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhen Charlie and I were young, we played a game called Destroyers . . . We were sharpening our instincts, jettisoning attachments. We were honing strategies for survival ...\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eIan Bledsoe\u003c\/b\u003e is on the run, broke and humiliated, fleeing the emotional and financial fallout of his father's death. His childhood friend \u003cb\u003eCharlie \u003c\/b\u003e– rich, exuberant and basking in life on the Greek island of Patmos – is his last hope.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e At first, Patmos is like a dream – sun-soaked days on Charlie’s yacht and the reappearance of a girlfriend from Ian’s past – and Charlie readily offers the lifeline he desperately needs. But, like Charlie himself, this beautiful island conceals a darkness beneath. When he vanishes leaving behind his murky business affairs, Ian finds himself caught in a terrifying labyrinth of deceits. As boys, the pair played a game called Destroyers – a game, he now realizes, they may never have stopped playing.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eExpansive, vivid and suspenseful, in the vein of Donna Tartt's \u003ci\u003eThe Goldfinch\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Destroyers \u003c\/i\u003eis a mesmerizing drama of power and fate, fathers and sons, self-invention and self-deception.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e '\u003cb\u003eEqual parts Graham Greene, Patricia Highsmith and F. Scott Fitzgerald\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Destroyers \u003c\/i\u003eis at once lyrical and suspenseful, thoughtful and riveting' \u003cb\u003eGarth Greenwell\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \u003ci\u003eWhat Belongs to You\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ‘\u003ci\u003eThe Destroyers\u003c\/i\u003e manages to be both \u003cb\u003efast-paced\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003econtemplative\u003c\/b\u003e, an excellent entertainment and also something more lasting, \u003cb\u003ea \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003ehaunting meditation on friendship\u003c\/b\u003e and desperation’ \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGuardian, \u003c\/i\u003eBest Holiday Reads of 2017\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":32124759801939,"sku":"","price":16.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781471136207.jpg?v=1778645755","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/the-destroyers-1","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}