{"product_id":"the-novel-detective-a-detective-novel","title":"The Novel Detective: A Detective Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003eA Metafictional Mystery Set In Cuba Past And Present About A Writer Returning To Her LongLost Hometown, Seeking The Truth About Two Suspicious Deaths2020: Teresa, A CubanBorn Mystery Writer Now Living In America, Gets An Unexpected Call From Her Childhood Best Friend, Estrella, Inviting Her To Havana. Estrella Is Determined To Get Answers About A Case That Has Haunted Them Both For Decades: The Purported MurderSuicide Of A Teacher And A Student At Their High School. Though Teresa DoesnT Quite Understand Why Estrella Is Taking The Story So Personally, SheS Along For The RideAs She Always Wanted To Write A Novel About This Case.1980: FourteenYearOld Teresita, Bespectacled, Awkward And Mystery NovelObsessed, Is Nosy, But Not A Tattletale. She Knows WhoS Been Skimming Off The Top Of The Amphetamine Stash In Her MotherS Pharmacy, Which Teacher Keeps Cyanide In His Cabinet At School And That Their Classmate Yoyi Is Sleeping With Their English Teacher. Over The Course Of One Fateful Day, Teresita Gets Closer Than Ever To Learning The Truth Of LifeHer Catchall Term For The Intricacies Of Adult ExistenceEven If It Means Coming Face To Face With Death.Directly Inspired By The AuthorS Own Childhood In Cuba And Adult Life In The United States, Drawing Upon The Tradition Of Latin American Magical Realism, This Is A Resonant Tale At Once Personal And Universal, Full Of Nostalgia, Candor And Danger.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Soho Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47957386985717,"sku":"DADAX1641298286","price":39.1,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/5804\/8501\/files\/81zALf-sVTL.jpg?v=1775553312","url":"https:\/\/ergodebooks.com\/products\/the-novel-detective-a-detective-novel","provider":"Ergodebooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}