{"product_id":"ponti-a-novel-9781509855339","title":"Ponti: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003eSet in Singapore, and spanning fifty years, Ponti is a sweeping story of three women and the guilt that ties them to each other. For fans of Zadie Smith and Elena Ferrante.Remarkable' - Ian McEwanShortlisted for Hearsts' Big Book Award 2018.Set in 2003 in the sweltering heat of Singapore, Sharlene Teo's Ponti begins as sixteen-year-olds Szu and Circe develop an intense friendship. For Szu it offers an escape from Amisa, her beautiful, cruel mother - once an actress, and now the silent occupant of a rusty house. But for Circe, their friendship does the opposite, bringing her one step closer to the fascinating, unknowable Amisa.Seventeen years later, Circe finds herself adrift and alone. And then a project comes up at work, a remake of the cult seventies horror film series 'Ponti', the same series that defined Amisa's short-lived film career. Suddenly Circe is knocked off balance: by memories of the two women she once knew, by guilt, and by a lost friendship that threatens her conscience . . .Longlisted for the Jhalak Prize 2019.Shortlisted for the Edward Stanford Fiction, with a Sense of Place Award.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pan Macmillan","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42978112667814,"sku":"9781509855339","price":17.9,"currency_code":"MYR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0443\/8471\/4918\/products\/ponti-a-novel-9781509855339-29458687131826.jpg?v=1656105733","url":"https:\/\/bookxcess.myshopify.com\/products\/ponti-a-novel-9781509855339","provider":"Staging Site ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}