{"product_id":"the-assault-reinaldo-arenas-9780140157185","title":"The Assault","description":"In this, the final volume in the series of five novels that constitute his \"secret history of Cuba\", \u003cb\u003eReinaldo Arenas\u003c\/b\u003e paints a harrowing, and at times boldly entertaining, Kafka-esque picture of a dehumanized people living in a world where homosexuality is a crime punishable by death and a cockroach hunt makes for a national holiday. Narrated by a hate-filled government torturer who has become an agent for the \"Bureau of Counterwhispering\",\" \u003cb\u003eThe Assault\u003c\/b\u003e follows his travels through a blackly humorous shadowland as he winnow out whisperers, sexual deviants, and dissidents of every sort--until memory has been banished and spoken language has been nearly forgotten.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Reinaldo Arenas\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0140157182\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780140157185\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Penguin Adult Hc\/Tr\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/01\/1995\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 176\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.70h x 5.09w x 0.49d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/03\/1995 pg. 86\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/16\/1995 pg. 32\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/15\/1995","brand":"Reinaldo Arenas","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44075961090303,"sku":"9780140157185","price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_54a5561d-a92d-41f5-be67-85ec5182c3ed.jpg?v=1685462411","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-assault-reinaldo-arenas-9780140157185","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}