{"product_id":"9781805221678","title":"The Assault - Harry Mulisch","description":"\u003cp\u003eFuelled with energy, drama and emotional weight, combined with a light touch and a fast-moving story. Grab it while you can' TIMES, Best Rediscovered Books'Acknowledged as Holland's finest novelist' GUARDIAN'Mulisch is a rarity ... an instinctively psychological novelist' JOHN UPDIKEIn the bitter final months of the Second World War, the body of a Dutch Nazi collaborator is found on the doorstep of an ordinary family home. The repercussions are complex and terrible: the family is killed and the house burned to the ground; only the twelve-year-old son, Anton, survives. Following Anton as he reckons with this trauma through his life, The Assault is a powerful excavation of resistance and the collateral damage wrought on innocent people in times of war. A runaway bestseller that sold 200,000 copies on first publication, this is a classic of Dutch literature from one of the greatest European writers of his time. With an introduction by Thomas Harding, author of Hanns and Rudolf\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harry Mulisch","offers":[{"title":"208 pages \/ 13\/03\/2025 \/ Classic fiction (pre c 1945)","offer_id":57110685319543,"sku":"9781805221678","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0682\/9454\/1624\/files\/9781805221678.jpg?v=1781001454","url":"https:\/\/gulpfictionbooks.com\/products\/9781805221678","provider":"Gulp Fiction","version":"1.0","type":"link"}