{"product_id":"the-zone-of-interest-9780804172899","title":"The Zone of Interest","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eNOW AN ACADEMY AWARD(R)-WINNING MAJOR MOTION PICTURE \u003cb\u003e- \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eAN NPR BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR \u003cb\u003e- \u003c\/b\u003eFrom one of the most virtuosic authors in the English language: a powerful novel, written with urgency and moral force, that explores life\u003cb\u003e--\u003c\/b\u003eand love--among the Nazi bureaucrats of Auschwitz.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\"A masterpiece.... Profound, powerful and morally urgent.... A benchmark for what serious literature can achieve.\" --\u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Martin Amis first tackled the Holocaust in 1991 with his bestselling novel \u003ci\u003eTime's Arrow\u003c\/i\u003e. He returns again to the Shoah with this astonishing portrayal of life in \"the zone of interest,\" or \"kat zet\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003c\/b\u003ethe Nazis' euphemism for Auschwitz. The narrative rotates among three main characters: Paul Doll, the crass, drunken camp commandant; Thomsen, nephew of Hitler's private secretary, in love with Doll's wife; and Szmul, one of the Jewish prisoners charged with disposing of the bodies. Through these three narrative threads, Amis summons a searing, profound, darkly funny portrait of the most infamous place in history. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAn epilogue by the author elucidates Amis's reasons and method for undertaking this extraordinary project.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMARTIN AMIS\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eis the author of 15 novels--among them \u003ci\u003eZone of Interest, London Fields, Time's Arrow, The Information, \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e Night Train\u003c\/i\u003e--along with the memoir \u003ci\u003eExperience, \u003c\/i\u003e the novelized self-portrait \u003ci\u003eInside Story\u003c\/i\u003e, two collections of stories, and seven nonfiction books. He died in 2023.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Vintage","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50571242438930,"sku":"9780804172899","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_31171d96-1f8b-4556-8996-484f720ac746.jpg?v=1731963836","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-zone-of-interest-9780804172899","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}