{"product_id":"9780241258569","title":"The Snow Was Dirty","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e“A writer as comfortable with reality as with fiction, with passion as with reason.” —John Le Carré\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this brilliant new translation of Georges Simenon’s classic novel, a young man descends into a brutal world of crime\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e “And always the dirty snow, the heaps of snow that look rotten, with black patches and embedded garbage . . . unable to cover the filth.”\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Nineteen-year-old Frank—thug, thief, son of a brothel owner—gets by surprisingly well despite living in a city under military occupation, but a warm house and a full stomach are not enough to make him feel truly alive in such a climate of deceit and betrayal. During a bleak, unending winter, he embarks on a string of violent and sordid crimes that set him on a path from which he can never return. Georges Simenon’s matchless novel is a brutal, compelling portrayal of a world without pity; a devastating journey through a psychological no man’s land.","brand":"Georges Simenon","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback Trade paperback (US)","offer_id":48549508546720,"sku":"9780241258569","price":9.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0582\/8637\/5072\/files\/BNCImageAPI_aff75eb5-634e-4e21-b3e3-27e79d7e6713.jpg?v=1732177759","url":"https:\/\/rivendell-books.com\/products\/9780241258569","provider":"Rivendell Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}