{"product_id":"detective-story-paperback","title":"Detective Story - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eImre Kertész\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eTim Wilkinson\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom Nobel Laureate Imre Kert sz comes this riveting novel about a torturer for the secret police of a Latin American regime who tells the haunting story of the father and son he ensnared and destroyed. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNow in prison, Antonio Martens is a torturer for a recently defunct dictatorship. He requests and is given writing materials in his cell, using them to narrate his involvement in the torture and assassination of a wealthy and prominent man and his son whose principled but passive opposition to the regime left them vulnerable to the secret police. Inside Martens's mind, we inhabit the rationalizing world of evil and see firsthand the inherent danger of inertia during times of crisis. A slim, explosive novel of justice railroaded by malevolence, \u003cb\u003eDetective Story\u003c\/b\u003e is a warning cry for our time.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eImre Kertesz, who was born in 1929 and imprisoned in Auschwitz and Buchenwald as a youth, worked as a journalist and playwright before publishing \u003cb\u003eFatelessness\u003c\/b\u003e, his first novel, in 1975. He is the author of \u003cb\u003eLooking for a Clue\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eThe British Flag\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eKaddish for an Unborn Child\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eLiquidation\u003c\/b\u003e, and \u003cb\u003eGallery-Diary 1961-1991\u003c\/b\u003e. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2002. He lives in Budapest and Berlin.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 128\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.39 x 7.98 x 5.32 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 10, 2009\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47263411699961,"sku":"9780307279651","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/vD8O4w06z69780307279651.webp?v=1768818538","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/detective-story-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}