{"product_id":"absolution-olaf-olafsson-9781400030682","title":"Absolution: Absolution: A Novel","description":"In his spellbinding first novel, acclaimed Icelandic author Olaf Olafsson takes us inside the mind of a man haunted by the crime he willed half a century earlier. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eExpatriate businessman Peter Peterson left behind the trappings of a seemingly charmed life: a vast fortune, two children, and a stately Park Avenue address. But he also left behind another legacy: a secret from long ago that shadowed his accomplishments and estranged him from his loved ones--a crime of passion, committed in the throes of unrequited love, that became a lifetime's burden. Yet when Peter is forced to confront the consequences of his actions, an unexpected turn of events shakes the very foundation of his past. Spanning a boyhood in Iceland to the Nazi occupation of Denmark to modern-day Manhattan, \u003cb\u003eAbsolution\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003ecalls up Dostoevsky and Ibsen as it masterfully plumbs the darkest corners of a sinister mind and a wounded heart.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Olaf Olafsson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1400030684\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781400030682\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Knopf Publishing Group\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/14\/2003\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.45lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.06h x 5.26w x 0.59d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKliatt\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2004 pg. 19","brand":"Olaf Olafsson","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46431347736831,"sku":"9781400030682","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_35cf0ba1-5114-4b2e-b41f-e9b34dee9b50.jpg?v=1735141052","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/absolution-olaf-olafsson-9781400030682","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}