{"product_id":"9780241258569","title":"The Snow Was Dirty (Penguin Modern Classics)","description":"\u003cp\u003e'Feels incredibly modern... it is brutal, frank about sex and violence, and will make your flesh creep' Ian Rankin\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA brilliant new translation of Simenon's critically acclaimed masterpiece.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\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\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eNineteen-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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Among the best novels of the twentieth century' New Yorker\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'An astonishing work' John Banville\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'So noir it makes Raymond Chandler look beige' Independent\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Classics","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49641718284536,"sku":"EB_li0811_E28-01_SYDNEY","price":22.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/8208\/6904\/files\/9780241258569-1_1a89e7ce-0286-4f8e-8003-a7f15757255a.jpg?v=1790153506","url":"https:\/\/kinokuniya.com.au\/products\/9780241258569","provider":"Books Kinokuniya Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}