{"product_id":"9780241258569","title":"The Snow Was Dirty","description":"Author: Simenon, Georges\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9780241258569\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Penguin UK\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 01 Dec 2016\u003cbr\u003ePages: 304 \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA new translation of Simenon's visceral, critically acclaimed classic\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAnd always the dirty snow, the heaps of snow that look rotten, with black patches and embedded garbage. The white powder that occasionally peels off from the crust of the sky in little clumps, like plaster from a ceiling, is unable to cover the filth.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMost people struggle to get by in a country under occupation, but Frank takes it easy in his mother's whorehouse. But Frank is restless and through the unrelenting darkness and cold of an endless winter, he will pursue abjection until at last there is nowhere to go. In \u003ci\u003eThe Snow was Dirty\u003c\/i\u003e, Simenon maps a no man's land of the spirit in which human nature is driven to destruction-and redemption, perhaps, as well-by forces beyond its control.","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48171387191454,"sku":"UBD-9780241258569","price":22.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9780241258569.jpg?v=1787220009","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9780241258569","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}