{"product_id":"detective-story-9780307279651","title":"Detective Story","description":"From 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. \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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Knopf Publishing Group\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/10\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780307279651\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 128\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.32lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.98h x 5.32w x 0.39d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/19\/2009 pg. 24\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Imre Kert\u0026#195;\u0026#169;sz","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45187012100277,"sku":"9780307279651","price":14.45,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_92a36f50-1915-4b16-989f-96765c7c3965.jpg?v=1742271057","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/detective-story-9780307279651","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}