{"product_id":"9781805221678","title":"The Assault","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor:  Mulisch, Harry \u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eClassic fiction (pre c 1945)\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 13 March 2025 by Profile Books Ltd (Serpent's Tail) in the United Kingdom as part of 'the Serpent's Tail Classics' series.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback | 208 pages\u003cbr\u003e128 x 197 x 15 | 168g\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA timeless classic from the author of The Discovery of Heaven'Fuelled with energy, drama and emotional weight, combined with a light touch and a fast-moving story. Grab it while you can' Times'Acknowledged as Holland's finest novelist' Guardian 'Mulisch is a rarity ... an instinctively psychological novelist' John UpdikeIn the bitter final months of the Second World War, the body of a Dutch Nazi collaborator is found on the doorstep of an ordinary family home. The repercussions are complex and terrible: the family is killed and the house burned to the ground; only the twelve-year-old son, Anton, survives. Following Anton as he reckons with this trauma through his life, The Assault is a powerful excavation of resistance and the collateral damage wrought on innocent people in times of war.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA runaway bestseller that sold 200,000 copies on first publication, this is a classic of Dutch literature from one of the greatest European writers of his time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith an introduction by Thomas Harding, author of Hanns and Rudolf\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cobham Bookshop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55491282895234,"sku":"9781805221678","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0569\/4567\/2367\/files\/9781805221678.jpg?v=1753743128","url":"https:\/\/www.cobhambooks.live\/products\/9781805221678","provider":"Cobham Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}