{"product_id":"2940149667574","title":"Conscience","description":"If Jim Thompson wrote A CHRISTMAS CAROL, it might go a little something like this...\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCONSCIENCE is a short, fierce novel of corruption and redemption by New York Times bestselling author John Skipp. Using the terse, muscular prose of modern crime fiction, it is a Dickensian fable of hope and despair, 21st century style.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCONSCIENCE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCharley Weber is a lousy guy. He kills people for a living, and doesn't mind it a bit. He has come to L.A. to do something terrible: for money, for revenge, and to make an ugly point about life and truth and love.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut a funny thing happens on the way to the massacre. He finds himself confronted by the only one who could possible stop him.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHe finds himself confronted by...himself.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCONSCIENCE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDesigned to be read in a single sitting -- in roughly the time it takes to watch a feature film -- CONSCIENCE is lightning-fast yet thematically rich. It's a dangerous story, for our dangerous times: violent, funny, thoughtful, tragic, loving, and wise to the ways of the world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHIS EDITION ALSO FEATURES SIX ADDITIONAL SHORT PIECES, AND THE FEATURE-LENGTH SCREENPLAY \"JOHNNY DEATH\".","brand":"Crossroad Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47112257077488,"sku":"2940149667574","price":3.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940149667574_p0.jpg?v=1763722163","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940149667574","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}