{"product_id":"2026200013050-secondhand-madame-solario","title":"Madame Solario","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Good\u003cbr\u003eJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage\u003cbr\u003ePages: Good\u003cbr\u003eMarkings: Previous owner,Fair - Rubbed edges and bumping on spine and corners\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA haunting masterpiece of psychological tension, Madame Solario unfolds against the glittering backdrop of the Italian Lake District at the turn of the twentieth century, where the arrival of the enigmatic and breathtakingly beautiful Madame Solario sends ripples of fascination and unease through a society of wealthy European holidaymakers. The novel chronicles the fateful weeks during which this mysterious woman — whose past is shrouded in rumour and whose motives remain dangerously opaque — ensnares the men and women around her in a web of desire, jealousy, and ultimately, destruction. Narrated through the innocent eyes of a young English observer, the story builds with the quiet, suffocating dread of a Greek tragedy, drawing the reader ever deeper into a world where beauty is a weapon and secrets carry a terrible price.\n\nPublished anonymously in 1956 and only later attributed to Gladys Huntington, Madame Solario is a singular achievement in Edwardian-inflected psychological fiction — a novel that bears comparison with the work of Henry James in its precise, incisive rendering of social performance and suppressed emotion. Huntington's prose is elegant and restrained, yet charged with an undercurrent of menace that makes each apparently civilised exchange feel like a step closer to the abyss. A novel that rewards patience and reflection in equal measure, it leaves one question burning long after the final page: who, truly, was Madame Solario?\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49203275694299,"sku":"2026200013050-SECONDHAND","price":20.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/51bf7e0d-a094-4a84-986f-f00a541f0dbb.png?v=1788147204","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026200013050-secondhand-madame-solario","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}