{"product_id":"kind-hearts-and-coronets-israel-rank-9781913054755","title":"Kind Hearts and Coronets: Israel Rank","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThat man is fortunate who has the world against him.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIsrael Rank has many advantages and qualities which should enable an ordinary man to get through life quite successfully. But he's not content to be an ordinary man. He's a distant heir to the Gascoyne earldom, and he will not rest until he inherits it, lock, stock and barrel. One tiny problem: he must kill everyone in line before him, without getting caught. The result is an evergreen classic of blackly comic crime fiction.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFirst published in 1907 as 'Israel Rank: The Autobiography of a Criminal', the novel is probably best known as inspiration for the classic Ealing comedy \u003cem\u003eKind Hearts and Coronets\u003c\/em\u003e, frequently voted one of the greatest British films ever. The novel itself remains a remarkably fresh satire that reverses conventional morality - a sympathetic comedy about a serial killer.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'A superb thriller, but also a disturbing study in human nature. The narrative pace never slackens, thanks to the spareness and elegance of Horniman's prose . . . (the novel is) over all too quickly.' \u003cem\u003eSimon Heffer\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Dean Street Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/02\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781913054755\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 270\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.59lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.81h x 5.06w x 0.61d","brand":"Roy Horniman","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":38470555861173,"sku":"9781913054755","price":11.89,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_5157c94e-abd8-49d9-b251-e799f1f4eaa8.jpg?v=1612926001","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/kind-hearts-and-coronets-israel-rank-9781913054755","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}