{"product_id":"9781804272152","title":"Twenty Minutes of Silence","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn a family home in the north of France, a crime has been committed. But a crime of what order? Who exactly is the victim and who, if anyone, is the criminal? In�Twenty Minutes of Silence, H�l�ne Bessette unleashes a polyphonic investigation, multiplying perspectives, contradictions, questions and doubts. Everything in this high-octane drama is subject to change, including the lighting and the basic facts of the case. Composed in her signature poetic prose style, Bessette's novella builds a world punctured by startling disruptions and unexpected shifts, and in doing so destroys and remakes the crime novel, creating a form wholly new. Devastating and exuberant,�Twenty Minutes of Silence�is a vital interrogation of the powerlessness of childhood, the compromises of adulthood, and the conventions of the novel itself.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Bookmonger","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":59925703983438,"sku":"9781804272152","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0874\/5795\/6174\/files\/9781804272152_6a6cf98b-932d-4787-89ab-0516ede61433.jpg?v=1781887477","url":"https:\/\/thebookmongerbearsden.co.uk\/products\/9781804272152","provider":"The Bookmonger","version":"1.0","type":"link"}