{"product_id":"the-porcupinebooks","title":"The Porcupine","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWith the brilliant wit and idiosyncratic intelligence that have marked his previous novels—and with a bold, sure grasp of intricate political realities—Julian Barnes now gives us a startling look at the fallout from the recent transformation of Eastern Europe.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eHe begins with a familiar scenario: the Communist Party has been toppled in a former Soviet satellite country. The deposed Party Leader is on trial; his courtroom adversary is the newly appointed Prosecutor General. One man stands for the old ideology, the other for the new ideal. But here the familiarity ends. Because as Barnes takes us through the trial—and inside the thoughts of the two protagonists—we sense that the line drawn between the present and the past, between accuser and accused, may have already begun to fade. . .\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePowerful and unsettling, The Porcupine is a novel about the fall of Communism and the hold it retains on its successors; about the particular uncertainties of politics in our time; and about the stubborn, disturbingly grey areas hidden in any black-and-white vision of the world.\u003c\/span\u003e","brand":"Barnes, Julian","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43770030293216,"sku":"","price":11.7,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0330\/3125\/8248\/products\/9778165.jpg?v=1672419809","url":"https:\/\/agricola-street-books.myshopify.com\/products\/the-porcupinebooks","provider":"Agricola Street Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}