{"product_id":"the-rock-blaster","title":"The Rock Blaster","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn early gem from the creator of the Kurt Wallander series, charting  the life of a principled man through tragedy, heartbreak, true love and  the battle for a nation's soul.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A very engaging portrait . . . There is a  powerful lack of sentimentality to the telling of the story [and] a  lovely and genuinely moving love story at the heart of the book.\" Liam  Heylin, \u003ci\u003eIrish Examiner\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAt 3 p.m. on a Saturday afternoon in 1911, Oskar Johansson is caught in a blast in an industrial accident. The local newspaper reports him dead, but they are mistaken.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBecause Oskar Johansson is a born survivor.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThough crippled, Oskar finds the strength to go on living and working. \u003ci\u003eThe Rock Blaster\u003c\/i\u003e charts his long professional life - his hopes and dreams, sorrows and joys. His relationship with the woman whose love saved him, with the labour movement that gave him a cause to believe in, and with his children, who do not share his ideals.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHenning Mankell's first published novel is steeped in the burning desire for social justice that informed his bestselling crime novels. Remarkably assured for a debut, it is written with scalpel-like precision, at once poetic and insightful in its depiction of a true working-class hero.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTranslated from the Swedish by George Goulding\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Oxfordbookstore","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44791129079987,"sku":"9780857059475","price":479.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0718\/4164\/4723\/files\/blk_imp_17478114039780857059475.jpg?v=1762852162","url":"https:\/\/oxfordbookstore.com\/products\/the-rock-blaster","provider":"Oxfordbookstore ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}