{"product_id":"the-destroyers","title":"The Destroyers","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\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\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eIan Bledsoe\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is on the run, broke and humiliated, fleeing the emotional and financial fallout of his father's death. His childhood friend \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eCharlie \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e– rich, exuberant and basking in life on the Greek island of Patmos – is his last hope.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAt 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\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eExpansive, vivid and suspenseful, in the vein of Donna Tartt's \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Goldfinch\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Destroyers \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eis a mesmerizing drama of power and fate, fathers and sons, self-invention and self-deception.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFormat: Paperback\u003cbr\u003ePublished: UK, 2018\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Scribner\u003cbr\u003ePages: 485\u003cbr\u003eLanguage: English\u003cbr\u003eISBN 13: 9781471136207\u003cbr\u003eISBN 10: 1471136207\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!----\u003e","brand":"Christopher Bollen","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49497528107274,"sku":"","price":13.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0282\/6066\/3399\/files\/9781471136207.jpg?v=1719567335","url":"https:\/\/www.shakespeareandsons.com\/products\/the-destroyers","provider":"Shakespeare \u0026 Sons Buchhandel GmbH","version":"1.0","type":"link"}