{"product_id":"9781400030958","title":"Office of Innocence","description":"\u003cp\u003eMarshalling the vast powers of narrative and historical re-creation that he brought to his international bestseller \u003cb\u003eSchindler’s List\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e,\u003c\/i\u003e Thomas Keneally has created a moving and provocative novel about a headstrong young Catholic priest in World War II Australia. As Sydney braces itself for a Japanese invasion, Father Frank Darragh finds his pastoral duties becoming increasingly challenging. How should he counsel an AWOL black American soldier who may face death for his involvement with a white woman? And what should he say to another woman—the distressingly beguiling Kate Heggarty—who impresses him with her virtue even as she edges toward sin? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Kate is found murdered, Darragh falls under suspicion. And even if the police clear him, his superiors—and his own conscience—may not. \u003cb\u003eOffice of Innocence\u003c\/b\u003e is a book that’s impossible to put down, dense with moral complexity and alive with period detail.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47040633176304,"sku":"9781400030958","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781400030958_p0.jpg?v=1763711571","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781400030958","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}