{"product_id":"party-animal","title":"Party Animal","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA party in the hills of northern Italy descends into an outlandish rite of passage in this award-winning international sensation\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'SPELLBINDING'\u003c\/b\u003e VINCENZO LATRONICO, author of \u003ci\u003ePerfection\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt's the beginning of summer. Isa M, a literature student, is throwing a party at her family's villa on the outskirts of Turin. The music is loud, the drinks are flowing, and the garden is packed with friends - and maybe a few gatecrashers. The only guest who hasn't arrived yet is Ezio, the boy she's falling in love with.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThen an anonymous gift turns up on the kitchen table: a bottle of wine with a card that reads, \u003ci\u003eUnless someone touches the cassowary before one a.m., Ezio dies\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt first it seems like a prank. Except Ezio still isn't answering his phone. And no one's sure who brought the bottle. Or what, exactly, a cassowary is... As the hours tick by - and the undergrads wade further into a heady mix of alcohol, drugs, jealousy, lust and dread - the gravity of the dare sinks in. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Psychedelic drugs, rival friends, a giant killer bird... I loved it' \u003c\/b\u003eRITA BULLWINKEL, author of \u003ci\u003eHeadshot\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Like locking eyes with a dangerous creature' \u003c\/b\u003eSEAN HEWITT, author of \u003ci\u003eOpen, Heaven\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Will have you itching to let loose with your friends just one last time' \u003c\/b\u003eTOBI COVENTRY, author of \u003ci\u003eHe's the Devil\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Enthralling voices that cry out from the page' \u003c\/b\u003eWILLIAM RAYFET HUNTER, author of \u003ci\u003eSunstruck\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A rollercoaster read' \u003c\/b\u003eLOTTIE HAZELL, author of \u003ci\u003ePiglet\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'I downed this fizzy, bittersweet spritz of a novel in a single gulp' \u003c\/b\u003eANDREW RIDKER, author of \u003ci\u003eHope\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Leonardo San Pietro","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67792904945842,"sku":"9781787336551","price":395.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0562\/9191\/8002\/files\/9781787336551.jpg?v=1792804226","url":"https:\/\/www.wordsworth.co.za\/products\/party-animal","provider":"Wordsworth Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}