{"product_id":"the-red-laugh","title":"The Red Laugh","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #0f1111; font-family: \" amazon ember arial sans-serif font-size: background-color:\u003eAn edition from the 'Golden Tattoo' series. Printed in 12pt type with wide line spacing for maximum readability. Unabridged. Modern translation.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: \" amazon ember arial sans-serif font-size: background-color:\u003e\u003cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: \" amazon ember arial sans-serif font-size: background-color:\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #0f1111; font-family: \" amazon ember arial sans-serif font-size: background-color:\u003eThis is a surreal parable about the insane horrors of war. The novella describes the horrors of war through the perception of two brothers — an officer returning from the front and his brother, a writer. War is presented not as a heroic battle, but as a senseless bloody slaughter that drives people mad and gives birth to the phantom of ‘Red Laugh’ — a symbol of universal insanity and cruelty.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: \" amazon ember arial sans-serif font-size: background-color:\u003e\u003cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: \" amazon ember arial sans-serif font-size: background-color:\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #0f1111; font-family: \" amazon ember arial sans-serif font-size: background-color:\u003eThe protagonists struggle to maintain their sanity in a world where the lines between reality and nightmare are blurred, and blood soaks everything. In the finale, madness engulfs the home front as well, becoming a global catastrophe from which there is no escape.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Publishing House No. 10","offers":[{"title":"Perfect Bound","offer_id":66875954757936,"sku":"9781837460601","price":10.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.thegreatbritishbookshop.co.uk\/products\/the-red-laugh","provider":"The Great British Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}