{"product_id":"bait-by-eugenia-ladra","title":"Bait by Eugenia Ladra","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe heat started to relent and gradually Paso\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003eChico ceased to be the deserted land it became after lunch, when the sun beat down brutally\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003eand not even the insects could rouse themselves to come out of their hiding places.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePaso Chico is hot, humid and claustrophobic; a fishermen’s town full of street dogs and dusty roads where nothing ever happens. Until the summer of Marga’s thirteenth birthday, when she meets Recio. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHe appears like an apparition, disrupting the silence of summer siestas and revealing the strange, twisted dynamics of the town’s inhabitants\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. As cargo ships wait on the viscous river, a sea of mud and secrets is unleashed, love and violence living side by side in this small rural town in Uruguay. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHaunting and wry\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, Ladra\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e’s debut joins the ranks of similarly elemental novels \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003esuch as \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHurricane Season \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003eby Fernanda Melchor\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFever Dream\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003eby Samanta Schweblin and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Bitch \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003eby Pilar Quintana\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cem\u003ePaperback\u003cbr\u003ePublication: 18 Jun 2026, Daunt Books\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781917092661\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eExtent: 200 pages\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"David's Bookshop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57128516518270,"sku":null,"price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0753\/0892\/5225\/files\/9781917092661.jpg?v=1773668441","url":"https:\/\/www.davids-bookshops.co.uk\/products\/bait-by-eugenia-ladra","provider":"David's Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}