{"product_id":"9781612193847","title":"The Scapegoat: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn engrossing and richly panoramic novel from a major new writer, based on a true story...\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1948, the body of an American journalist is found floating in the bay off Thessaloniki. A small-time Greek journalist is tried and convicted for the murder...but when he's released twelve years later, he claims his confession was the result of torture. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFlash forward to contemporary Greece, where a rebellious young high school student is given an assignment for a school project: find the truth. And as he begrudgingly takes it on, he begins to make a startling series of gripping discoveries—about history, love, and even his own family's involvement.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBased on the real story of famed CBS reporter George Polk—journalism’s prestigious Polk Awards were named after him—\u003ci\u003eThe Scapegoat\u003c\/i\u003e is a sweeping saga that brings together the Greece of the post-World War II era with the Greece of today, a country facing dangerous times once again. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs told by key players in the story—the dashing journalist’s Greek widow; the mother and sisters of the convicted man; the brutal Thessaloniki Chief of Police; a U.S. Foreign Office investigator, and, finally, the modern-day student, in the novel's most stirring narration of all—\u003ci\u003eThe Scapegoat \u003c\/i\u003econfronts questions of truth, justice, and sacrifice...and how the past is always with us.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Melville House Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47041949270256,"sku":"9781612193847","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781612193847_p0.jpg?v=1763848086","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781612193847","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}