{"product_id":"the-swedish-cavalier-by-leo-perutz","title":"'The Swedish Cavalier' by Leo Perutz","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cem data-start=\"40\" data-end=\"62\"\u003eThe Swedish Cavalier\u003c\/em\u003e is a strange, tightly wound historical fable that begins with a failed nobleman and a condemned highwayman swapping identities—one stepping into privilege, the other into exile—and then refusing to return to what they were.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrom that initial exchange, Perutz builds a story that moves through eighteenth-century Europe with the logic of folklore rather than realism, where coincidence feels engineered and consequences arrive with a kind of unfortunate and subtle inevitability.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe novel circles questions of fate, impersonation, guilt, and whether a life can ever truly be escaped once it has been lived, all rendered in a tone that sits somewhere between deadpan and uncanny.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis is the 1993 Harvill (HarperCollins) UK paperback, translated from German by Paul Zohn, in very good condition with clean pages and light shelf wear to the cover.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"bower studio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44368280387667,"sku":null,"price":15.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0689\/0268\/2707\/files\/Untitleddesign-2026-04-04T135650.622.png?v=1775271425","url":"https:\/\/bowerbooks.com\/products\/the-swedish-cavalier-by-leo-perutz","provider":"bower books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}