{"product_id":"9781681372075","title":"Havoc","description":"\u003cb\u003eA longtime cult-classic in Denmark, this novel about dissolution and  despair has been out of print in the US for over eighty years until now.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOle  Jastrau is the very model of an enterprising and ambitious young man of  letters, poised on the brink of what is sure to be a distinguished  career as a critic. In fact he is teetering on the brink of an emotional  and moral abyss. Bored with his beautiful wife and chafing at the  burdens of fatherhood, disdainful of the commercialism and political  opportunism of the newspaper he works for, he feels more and more that  his life lacks meaning. He flirts with Catholicism and flirts with  Communism, but somehow he doesn’t have the makings of a true believer.  Then he takes up with the bottle, a truly meaningful relationship.  “Slowly and quietly,” he intends to go to the dogs.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJastrau’s romance with self-destruction will take him through all the circles of hell. The process will be anything but slow and quiet.","brand":"Kristensen, Tom","offers":[{"title":"Paperback (Classics)","offer_id":47143471481056,"sku":"","price":15.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0330\/3125\/8248\/files\/BNCImageAPI_ae2b1323-bedd-42f9-b253-40a8f28442ae.jpg?v=1742065901","url":"https:\/\/agricola-street-books.myshopify.com\/products\/9781681372075","provider":"Agricola Street Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}