{"product_id":"9780141185606-secondhand-invitation-to-a-beheading","title":"Invitation to a Beheading","description":"Nightmarish, witty and immaculately conceived, Invitation to a Beheading unsparingly teases out the illogic of tyranny and will establish Nabokov in readers' minds as a serious and intelligent writer\n\nWritten in Berlin in 1934, Invitation to a Beheading contains all the surprise, excitement and magical intensity of a work created in two brief weeks of sustained inspiration. It takes us into the fantastic prison-world of Cincinnatus, a man condemned to death and spending his last days in prison not quite knowing when the end will come. Nabokov described the book as 'a violin in a void. The worldling will deem it a trick. Old men will hurriedly turn from it to regional romances and the lives of public figures ... The evil-minded will perceive in little Emmie a sister of little Lolita ... But I know a few readers who will jump up, ruffling their hair'.","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50534121668827,"sku":"9780141185606-SECONDHAND","price":10.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/a16f32a9-648c-4d2b-bb3f-984e8931750c.jpg?v=1790691515","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/9780141185606-secondhand-invitation-to-a-beheading","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}