{"product_id":"2940044267800","title":"Ready Reference Treatise: Darkness at Noon","description":"\u003cp\u003e“Darkness at Noon” by Arthur Koestler was first published in 1940. It is considered as his best known work.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe story revolves around Rubashov, an Old Bolshevik. The story describes his arrest, his trial for treason against the government he had helped to create, and his imprisonment.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe story is set in 1938, during the period of Stalinist Great Purge and Moscow show trials.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThough the novel does not mention the name Russia or the USSR, the characters have Russian names.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Number One” is a menacing dictator; he alludes to Joseph Stalin. The story of the novel seems to be describing the author’s disillusionment with the Communism that was practiced in the Soviet Union.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Raja Sharma","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47122015977712,"sku":"2940044267800","price":1.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940044267800_p0.jpg?v=1763661934","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940044267800","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}