{"product_id":"9781434442765","title":"Hans of Iceland: A Play in Three Acts","description":"Based on the Victor Hugo novel of the same name (penned when the author was only twenty-one), this macabre play begins in a morgue. The fearsome outlaw, Hans of Iceland, whose face has been seen by no one, determines to kill a regiment of Musketeers that he blames for the death of his son. His revenge intersects in a bloody way with the more conventional romantic plot of a young nobleman who loves the daughter of a political prisoner that the former Chancellor of Norway has held in thrall for many years. The tension ratchets up, culminating in a conflagration à la Samson that seems to anticipate the Grand Guignol movement by nearly a century. The story has the nightmarish logic of a bad dream. As one contemporary reviewer said: \"If genius is very close to madness, then this work is very close to genius.\" Great drama from a great writer!","brand":"Wildside Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47127645978864,"sku":"9781434442765","price":4.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781434442765_p0.jpg?v=1763754458","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781434442765","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}