{"product_id":"9780571315451","title":"Israel Rank: The Autobiography of a Criminal","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e'There is an old saying, 'Murder will out.' I am really unable to see why this should be so...'\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eIsrael Rank: The Autobiography of a Criminal\u003c\/i\u003e (1907) inspired the classic Ealing film \u003ci\u003eKind Hearts and Coronets\u003c\/i\u003e. But though both works are comedies about a serial murderer, they are different creatures. The eponymous narrator of Roy Horniman's novel, son of a Jewish commercial traveller, offers his memoirs from the condemned cell , having murdered six people who stood between him and an earldom he hoped to inherit. Through Israel's story Horniman explores and parodies the anti-Semitic attitudes of Edwardian England. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'A superb thriller, but also a disturbing study in human nature. The narrative pace never slackens, thanks to the spareness and elegance of Horniman's prose... it is a book of its time, quite faithful to it, and (despite its 400 pages) over all too quickly.' \u003cbr\u003eSimon Heffer, in his Preface\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Faber and Faber","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47103580569840,"sku":"9780571315451","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780571315451_p0.jpg?v=1763718954","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780571315451","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}