{"product_id":"9780099515883","title":"The Innocent","description":"Author: Szalay, David\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9780099515883\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: RANDOM HOUSE UK\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 15 Aug 2010\u003cbr\u003ePages: 192 \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA searing and gripping thriller set in Communist Russia from prize-winning novelist David Szalay.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTHE 2025 BOOKER PRIZE WINNING AUTHOR OF \u003ci\u003eFLESH\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt is 1948 in Russia and Aleksandr, a major in the MGB (the forerunner of the KGB) is sent to an isolated psychiatric clinic to investigate one of the patients there. The patient is a man long presumed dead - a now severely incapacitated veteran of the Second World War, who seems unable to remember any of his past.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTwenty-four years later, Aleksandr is haunted by the case. With his Stalinist faith under threat as the Cold War recedes, he interrogates his memories and the effect the case had on himself and on those he loved most.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Psychologically intricate, flawlessly researched' \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Impressive' \u003ci\u003eThe Sunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'David Szalay... has created an extraordinary character, a KGB man you can imagine knowing or even being' \u003ci\u003eObserver\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46299248066718,"sku":"UBD-9780099515883","price":24.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9780099515883.jpg?v=1766041417","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9780099515883","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}