{"product_id":"adult-book-group-03-09","title":"Adult Book Group 03\/09","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJoin us for our Adult Book Group - Thursday 3 September, 7-8:00 pm\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTickets £8.00\/£17.00 (includes a glass of fizz)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOur adult book group read for September is Olivia Laing’s compelling novel \u003cem\u003eThe Silver Book\u003c\/em\u003e. Set in Italy during its ‘Years of Lead’, this is a suspenseful, beautifully-written exploration of the often blurred line between art and reality.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt is September 1974 and the reader is taken from Venice to the fabled Cinecittà film studio in Rome, where Casanova’s Venice is painstakingly re-created for Federico Fellini’s epic by the renowned designer and costumier Danilo Donati. Donati has brought with him his young British apprentice and lover, Nicholas Wade, who harbours a dark secret. Who, and what, Nicholas really is sets in motion violence and tragedy of epic proportions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCritical acclaim for \u003cem\u003eThe Silver Book\u003c\/em\u003e:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e…a gripping novel that is, in many ways, a technical tour de force.\u003c\/em\u003e Times Literary Supplement\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Silver Book…provide[s] the reader with a rich and luminous narrative, a glittering story that can—like film, like all art—take the reader away from the terrors of early-21st-century life.\u003c\/em\u003e Los Angeles Review of Books\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYou can order your copy of \u003cem\u003eThe Silver Book\u003c\/em\u003e from The Little Bookshop when you book your place and receive a 15% discount (£9.99 RRP).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBooking is essential, online or at the bookshop.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Little Bookshop","offers":[{"title":"Ticket \u0026 book","offer_id":63986915377529,"sku":null,"price":17.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Ticket only","offer_id":63986915410297,"sku":null,"price":8.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0474\/8211\/0109\/files\/septwebcover_3a8ec7dd-0137-4e9b-8f81-c4480fa26de4.png?v=1784206801","url":"https:\/\/www.thelittlebookshopleeds.co.uk\/products\/adult-book-group-03-09","provider":"The Little Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}