{"product_id":"trevor-william-cheating-at-canasta-9780141032450","title":"Cheating at Canasta","description":"Cheating at Canasta - an outstanding collection of stories by the master storyteller William Trevor\n\u003cbr\u003e\n'There is no better short story writer in the English-speaking world' Wall Street Journal\n\u003cbr\u003e\n''No matter what ' Julia had said aware then of what was coming 'let's always play cards.' And they did; for even with her memory gone a little more of it each day - her children taken her house her flowerbeds belongings clothes - their games in the communal drawing room were a reality her affliction allowed.'\n\u003cbr\u003e\nA husband sits in Harry's Bar in Venice thinking of his wife - lost to him now - whose plea has brought him back to one of their favourite haunts. On another table a young couple quarrel. 'Cheating at Canasta' is the title story of William Trevor's collection his first since the highly acclaimed A Bit on the Side and its themes of missed opportunities the inevitability of change and the powerful but fragmentary quality of our memories are entirely characteristic of his unparalleled oeuvre.","brand":"Penguin","offers":[{"title":"Used - very good","offer_id":53400844403030,"sku":"9780141032450-V","price":3.69,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"Used - good","offer_id":53423466053974,"sku":"9780141032450-G","price":2.49,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0925\/5829\/5382\/files\/product_image_9780141032450_1.jpg?v=1777983549","url":"https:\/\/www.momoxbooks.com\/products\/trevor-william-cheating-at-canasta-9780141032450","provider":"momoxbooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}