{"product_id":"9780140442717","title":"A Murky Business (UNE TENEBREUSE AFFAIRE)","description":"\u003cdiv data-testid=\"description\" class=\"BookPageMetadataSection__description\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"TruncatedContent\" tabindex=\"-1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"TruncatedContent__text TruncatedContent__text--large\" data-testid=\"contentContainer\" tabindex=\"-1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"DetailsLayoutRightParagraph\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"DetailsLayoutRightParagraph__widthConstrained\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"Formatted\"\u003eCharacterized by amoral ruthlessness, the politics of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Murky Business\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ewould seem to bear out Balzac's questionable precept.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSet earlier than most of Balzac's\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eComedie Humaine,\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ethe novel covers the years 1803-6, when Napolean was making himself first Consul and then Emperor. The inclusion of Napoleon himself, as well as figures like Talleyrand and Fouche, makes this a historical novel. But it is also an early example of the detective story, in which the sinister, implacable police agent, Corentin, stalks his way towards vengeance on his aristocractic enemies.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Honore de Balzac, Herbert J. Hunt","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53049276006560,"sku":"9780140442717","price":5.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0582\/8637\/5072\/files\/9780140442717.jpg?v=1763756247","url":"https:\/\/rivendell-books.com\/products\/9780140442717","provider":"Rivendell Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}