{"product_id":"9781409089490","title":"Books Burn Badly","description":"\u003cp\u003eOn 19 August 1936 Hercules the boxer stands on the quayside at Coruña and watches Fascist soldiers piling up books and setting them alight. With this moment a young carefree group of friends are transformed into a broken generation. \u003cbr\u003eOut of this incident during the early months of Spain's tragic civil war, Manuel Rivas weaves a colourful tapestry of stories and unforgettable characters to create a panorama of twentieth-century Spanish history. For it is not only the lives of Hercules the boxer and his friends that are tainted by the unending conflict, but also those of a young washerwoman who sees souls in the clouded river water and the stammering son of a judge who uncovers his father's hidden library.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs the singed pages fly away on the breeze, their stories live on in the minds of their readers.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Random House Adult Trade Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47152933044464,"sku":"9781409089490","price":12.68,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781409089490_p0.jpg?v=1763720355","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781409089490","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}