{"product_id":"9781501161315","title":"Darkness at Noon: A Novel","description":" \u003ci\u003eDarkness At Noon\u003c\/i\u003e stands as an  unequaled fictional portrayal of the nightmare  politics of our time. Its hero is an aging  revolutionary, imprisoned and psychologically tortured by  the Party to which he has dedicated his life. As  the pressure to confess preposterous crimes  increases, he re-lives a career that embodies the  terrible ironies and human betrayals of a totalitarian  movement masking itself as an instrument of  deliverance. Almost unbearably vivid in its depiction of  one man's solitary agony, \u003ci\u003eDarkness At  Noon\u003c\/i\u003e asks questions about ends and means  that have relevance not only for the past but for  the perilous present. It is—as the  \u003ci\u003eTimes Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e has declared—\"A  remarkable book, a grimly fascinating  interpretation of the logic of the Russian Revolution, indeed  of all revolutionary dictatorships, and at the  same time a tense and subtly intellectualized  drama...\"  ","brand":"Scribner","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47028766376176,"sku":"9781501161315","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781501161315_p0.jpg?v=1763707277","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781501161315","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}