{"product_id":"the-house-of-special-purpose-a-novel-by-the-author-of-the-hearts-invisible-furies-9781635421774","title":"The House of Special Purpose: A Novel by the Author of the Heart's Invisible Furies","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Heart's Invisible Furies \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Absolutist\u003c\/i\u003e, a propulsive novel of the Russian Revolution and the fate of the Romanov family. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Part love story, part historical epic, part tragedy, \u003ci\u003eThe House of Special Purpose\u003c\/i\u003e illuminates an empire at the end of its reign. Eighty-year-old Georgy Jachmenev is haunted by his past--a past of death, suffering, and scandal that will stay with him until the end of his days. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Living in England with his beloved wife, Zoya, Georgy prepares to make one final journey back to the Russia he once knew and loved, the Russia that both destroyed and defined him. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e As Georgy remembers days gone by, we are transported to St. Petersburg, to the Winter Palace of the czar, in the early twentieth century--a time of change, threat, and bloody revolution. As Georgy overturns the most painful stone of all, we uncover the story of the house of special purpose.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Other Press (NY)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/10\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781635421774\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 480","brand":"John Boyne","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40494087897269,"sku":"9781635421774","price":16.14,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_da5fd387-8034-46fb-a5cc-1478931e8ec7.jpg?v=1626157856","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-house-of-special-purpose-a-novel-by-the-author-of-the-hearts-invisible-furies-9781635421774","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}