{"product_id":"the-evil-genius-alan-carmichael-9798663924184","title":"The Evil Genius","description":"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA teenager is brutally murdered on the streets of London.\u003c\/b\u003e A year later his mother's best friend asks herself whether the chance of a child of her own has been rendered impossible by this savage act. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA pupil exerts a malign influence on his class. After a sinister gesture of Christmas goodwill from the boy, a teacher finds his sanity and his grasp of reality beginning to slip away and disintegrate. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThree German soldiers face the horrors of the Eastern Front as they flee their Soviet captors - and are forced to recognise that the apocalypse, both their own and their country's, is of their own making. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOn a freezing South London pond, the aftermath of a drunken office party shifts in one careless moment from euphoria to crisis. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOver the course of three parties, a successful middle-aged man perceives the emptiness of his achievements in life - and the possibility of a route to salvation. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA hallucinatory dash across the United States is transmuted into a fragment of distant memory. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe Evil Genius\u003c\/i\u003e, these and other stories present snapshots of ordinary people struggling to cope with the joys and the terrors of the arena in which their lives are played out.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Alan Carmichael\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798663924184\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/16\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 196\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.48lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.45d","brand":"Alan Carmichael","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49168308666623,"sku":"9798663924184","price":11.24,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-evil-genius-alan-carmichael-9798663924184","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}