{"product_id":"repentance","title":"Repentance","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"+1\"\u003e'An accomplished, inventive detective novel thrumming with tension and family secrets' \u003cb\u003eSanaë Lemoine, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Margot Affair\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'An astonishingly assured first novel, both funny and moving'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e Crime Club\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Very impressive... \u003ci\u003eRepentance \u003c\/i\u003eis an evocative crime thriller with a likeable, self-aware protagonist, but also skilfully explores the darkest period in Argentina's modern history'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A powerful crime novel ... Opening old historical wounds that still strongly affect Argentinian society, this is a tale with many layers, many of them painful to evoke and a strong depiction of a country and a period that still simmers between the pages of history books and the crime novel is a perfect way of lancing the boil. Recommended'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMaxim Jakubowski, \u003ci\u003eCrime Time\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e    \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBUENOS AIRES, 1981.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eArgentina is in the grip of a brutal military dictatorship.\u003cbr\u003eInspector Joaquín Alzada's work in the Buenos Aires police force exposes him to the many realities of life under a repressive regime: desperate people, terrified people and - worst of all - missing people.\u003cbr\u003ePersonally, he prefers to stay out of politics, enjoying a simple life with his wife Paula. But when his revolutionary brother Jorge is disappeared, Alzada will stop at nothing to rescue him.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTWENTY YEARS LATER...\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe country is in the midst of yet another devastating economic crisis and riots are building in the streets of Buenos Aires. \u003cbr\u003eThis time Alzada is determined to keep his head down and wait patiently for his retirement. But when a dead body lands in a skip behind the morgue and a woman from one of the city's wealthiest families goes missing, Alzada is forced to confront his own involvement in one of the darkest periods in Argentinian history - a time of\u003cbr\u003ecollective horror and personal tragedy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlternating between two key moments in the life of a man and his country, \u003ci\u003eRepentance \u003c\/i\u003eis a noir with a  difference, featuring an unforgettable character on a quest to solve a case that offers both a painful reminder of all he has lost and a last chance at redemption.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u0026gt;","brand":"Oxfordbookstore","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44791328374963,"sku":"9781474613859","price":559.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0718\/4164\/4723\/files\/blk_imp_17478187819781474613859.jpg?v=1762856190","url":"https:\/\/oxfordbookstore.com\/products\/repentance","provider":"Oxfordbookstore ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}