{"product_id":"eugenia-ladra-bait","title":"Eugenia Ladra | Bait","description":"\u003cp\u003e9781917092661\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e18\/06\/26\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePB\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e200 pages\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTranslated by Miriam Tobin\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe heat started to relent and gradually Paso\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eChico ceased to be the deserted land it became after lunch, when the sun beat down brutally\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eand not even the insects could rouse themselves to come out of their hiding places.\u003c\/i\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 \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‘An exciting addition to contemporary Latin-American literature currently available in English.’\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eDazed,\u003c\/em\u003e Most anticipated novels of 2026\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA novel about the wonder of discovering a world full of contrasts and surprises through human relationships and the experience of being a woman.’ \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eVogue\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e‘The hypnotic prose of Ladra captivates in this story set in a town called Paso Chico, where Marga, a skinny 13-year-old girl labeled as unlucky, awakens to a world yet to be discovered.’\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eEl País\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘Bait functions less as a plot-driven narrative and more as a study of atmosphere and moral inertia, a place where the reader becomes complicit in noticing the small fractures that prelude disaster.’\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eMorning Star\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Daunt","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57571625632126,"sku":"9781917092661","price":10.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0983\/7608\/files\/2_05bf9003-81c1-485a-b936-17821641afae.webp?v=1781785308","url":"https:\/\/www.leftfordeadshop.co.uk\/products\/eugenia-ladra-bait","provider":"Left For Dead","version":"1.0","type":"link"}