{"product_id":"9781882190409","title":"Crimes of War","description":"This novel is based on the massacre by the SS of a small town in France during World War II, called Oradour-sur-Glane. Some of the perpetrators were French citizens - Alsatians drafted into the SS. They were put on trial in 1953 for taking part - under duress, it was claimed - in the horrendous killings and destruction of that peaceful village. Upon the order of President Charles de Gaulle, the town was kept as the Nazis had left it and is a national monument. Professor Eugène Desfosseux, a historian and self-taught ventriloquist, conjures amid the ruins figures from deep into his past and records the interviews and interrogations in a tale that epitomizes what this or any other war crime might encompass - including his own daily life of pleasures, romance and memories inflamed to a vengeance that would destroy his life's work.","brand":"Polar Bear \u0026 Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47043569090800,"sku":"9781882190409","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781882190409_p0.jpg?v=1763604199","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781882190409","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}