{"product_id":"9781780747064","title":"A Perfect Crime","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"Where Anthony Burgess sought to conjure a world of abstract flair and inexplicable cruelty in \u003ci\u003eA Clockwork Orange\u003c\/i\u003e, Yi strikes a far deeper chord, delving into the mind of a youth whose lethal motivations are abundantly and undeniably troubling.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e—World Literature Today\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOn a normal day in provincial China, a bored high-school student goes about his regular business. But he’s planning the brutal murder of his only friend, a talented violinist. He invites her round, strangles her, stuffs her body into a washing machine and flees town. On the run, he is initially anxious, but soon he alerts the police to his whereabouts, surrenders to undercover agents in a pool bar, and sabotages all efforts by China’s judiciary system, a steady stream of psychologists and his family to overturn the death penalty, all without ever showing a shred of remorse.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA PERFECT CRIME\u003c\/b\u003e is both a vision of China’s heart of darkness – the despair that traps the rural poor and the incoherent rage lurking behind their phlegmatic front – and a technically brilliant excursion into the claustrophobic realm of classic horror and suspense.","brand":"Oneworld Publications","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47157355249904,"sku":"9781780747064","price":7.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781780747064_p0.jpg?v=1763714412","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781780747064","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}