{"product_id":"nymph-9781804299913","title":"Nymph","description":"\u003cb\u003eA thriller examining violence, through its subversion, and a singular love story\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNot yet thirty, Bathory has assembled a peculiar résumé model, sex worker, linguist, Latin scholar, and assassin. The last of these has been the family trade for generations. Growing up, Bathory, her mother, and her father made an isolated, strange, and loving -- if very unusual -- family unit. Her lonely childhood games mimicked spycraft and wet-work, while her parents watched and shared their arcane theories about love and death. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs a student in New York, her life changes on accepting a job at a dilapidated card shop in Manhattan. This is a front for an agency that allows her to put her inherited skills to use while pursuing romance in the city. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHowever, steering clear of attachment is as dangerous as anything else she does and means sidestepping a certain alluring figure from her father's past. She is equally intent on dying young, a less difficult proposition given her heritage, the company she keeps -- call girls, conflicted cops, trustfund hoodlums -- and the people pursuing her. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWill Bathory escape both fate and family, or does satisfaction and salvation lie only in their embrace?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-16610323\"\u003eStephanie Lacava\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Verso Fiction\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/14\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 192\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.35lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.80h x 5.00w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781804299913\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 180429991X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC019000\"\u003eLiterary\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC044000\"\u003eWomen\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC080000\"\u003eMultiple Timelines\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eStephanie LaCava\u003c\/b\u003e is a writer based in New York City. \u003ci\u003eI Fear My Pain Interests You\u003c\/i\u003e was published to global acclaim in 2022. Her debut novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Superrationals\u003c\/i\u003e, was published by Semiotext(e) in 2020.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Verso Fiction","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48799017173229,"sku":"9781804299913","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/files\/img_6cf1d53f-d6c8-43fd-a513-06ca9d31b078.jpg?v=1761239902","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/nymph-9781804299913","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}