{"product_id":"the-ballad-of-a-small-player-by-lawrence-osborne","title":"The Ballad of a Small Player by Lawrence Osborne","description":"\u003cb\u003eSOON TO BE A MAJOR NETFLIX FILM, STARRING COLIN FARELL AND TILDA SWINTON\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e'I waited patiently for the next hand to be played out, and I had a feeling it was going to be a Natural, a perfect nine.'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eHis name is Lord Doyle.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e His plan- to gamble away his last days in the dark and decadent casino halls of Macau.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e His game- \u003ci\u003ebaccarat punto blanco\u003c\/i\u003e -- 'that slutty dirty queen of casino card games.'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Though Doyle is not a Lord at all. He is a fake; a corrupt lawyer who has spent a career siphoning money from rich clients. And now he is on the run, determined to send the money - and himself - up in smoke.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e So begins a beguiling, elliptical velvet rope of a plot- a sharp suit, yellow kid gloves, another \u003ci\u003enaughty lemonade\u003c\/i\u003e and an endless loop of small wins and losses. When Lady Luck arrives in the form of Dao-Ming, a beautiful yet enigmatic lost soul, so begins a spectacular and unnatural winning streak in which millions come Doyle's way. But in these shadowy dens of risk and compulsion, in a land governed by superstition, Doyle knows that when the bets are high, the stakes are even greater.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Ballad of a Small Player\u003c\/i\u003e is a sleek, dark-hearted masterpiece- a ghost story set in the land of the living, and a decadent morality tale of a Faustian pact made, not with the devil, but with fortune's fickle hand.\n\u003cp\u003eISBN: 9780099599685\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Random House UK","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43009847951423,"sku":null,"price":22.49,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0647\/8626\/8223\/files\/12085683482223.jpg?v=1773661853","url":"https:\/\/bookconnection.com.au\/products\/the-ballad-of-a-small-player-by-lawrence-osborne","provider":"The Book Connection","version":"1.0","type":"link"}