{"product_id":"a-dead-hand-a-crime-in-calcutta-paperback","title":"A Dead Hand: A Crime in Calcutta - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePaul Theroux\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Jerry Delfont, an aimless travel writer with writer's block (his \"dead hand\"), receives a letter from an American philanthropist, Mrs. Merrill Unger, with news of a scandal involving an Indian friend of her son's, he is intrigued. Who is the dead boy, found on the floor of a cheap hotel room? How and why did he die? And what is Jerry to make of a patch of carpet, and a package containing a human hand? \u003cbr\u003eHe is swiftly captivated by the beautiful, mysterious Mrs. Unger--and revived by her tantric massages--but the circumstances surrounding the dead boy cause him increasingly to doubt the woman's motives and the exact nature of her philanthropy. Without much to go on, Jerry pursues answers from the teeming streets of Calcutta to Uttar Pradesh. It is a dark and twisted trail of obsession and need. \u003cbr\u003eBeautifully written, \u003cem\u003eA Dead Hand\u003c\/em\u003e demonstrates the powerful evocation of place and character that has made Paul Theroux one of the most perceptive and engaging writers today.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 288\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 8.02 x 5.31 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 13, 2011\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47453237805234,"sku":"9780547394497","price":19.57,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/41f323fa09df881359942a111ed148a8.webp?v=1778824723","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/a-dead-hand-a-crime-in-calcutta-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}