{"product_id":"2026600000575-secondhand-the-cats-of-venice","title":"The Cats Of Venice","description":"\u003cp\u003eEdition: 1st ed.,\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Good                          \u003cbr\u003eJacket: Worn\/faded, no tears\u003cbr\u003ePages: Good                  \u003cbr\u003eMarkings: No markings\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA slim but richly atmospheric work by the celebrated Australian writer Hal Porter, The Cats of Venice presents a collection of travel sketches and prose pieces centered on the author's vivid impressions of Venice and its iconic feline inhabitants. With his signature style — sharp, ornate, and laced with dark wit — Porter illustrates the city's layered beauty and decay through the lens of its wandering cats, using them as a metaphor for Venice itself: elegant, inscrutable, and quietly untamed. The prose is dense and jewel-like, rewarding readers who appreciate literary travel writing that prioritizes sensory detail and psychological acuity over straightforward narrative. Porter's Venice is not a postcard destination but a living, breathing stage populated by shadows, history, and creatures that answer to no one.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48792285708507,"sku":"2026600000575-SECONDHAND","price":25.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/2f3ddafd-98fb-442b-a252-38ffc3084060.png?v=1779274653","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026600000575-secondhand-the-cats-of-venice","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}