{"product_id":"invitation-to-a-beheading","title":"Invitation to a Beheading","description":"Nightmarish, witty and immaculately conceived, \u003ci\u003eInvitation to a Beheading\u003c\/i\u003e unsparingly teases out the illogic of tyranny and will establish Nabokov in readers' minds as a serious and intelligent writer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWritten 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":"Vladimir Nabokov","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42685729734717,"sku":null,"price":21.24,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0597\/7689\/2989\/files\/9780141185606_4e0e5cfa-3721-4ab1-8a1a-41c5edbf5c78.jpg?v=1762944090","url":"https:\/\/www.palmleaf.com.au\/products\/invitation-to-a-beheading","provider":"Palmleaf","version":"1.0","type":"link"}