{"product_id":"9781466853980","title":"Hiroshima Joe: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eOne of the most powerful novels about the experience of war, first published in 1985\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCaptured by Hirohito's soldiers at the fall of Hong Kong and transferred to a Japanese slave camp outside Hiroshima, Captain Joe Sandingham was present when the bomb was dropped. Now a shell of a man, he lives in a cheap Hong Kong hotel, scrounging for food and the occasional bar girl. The locals call him \"Hiroshima Joe\" with a mixture of pity and contempt. But Joe—haunted by the sounds and voices of his past, debilitated by illness, and shattered by his wartime ordeal—is a man whose compassion and will to survive define a clear-eyed and unexpected heroism.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Picador","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47125802189040,"sku":"9781466853980","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781466853980_p0.jpg?v=1769891462","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781466853980","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}