{"product_id":"9780008114893","title":"The Sacrifice","description":"\u003cp\u003e Author(s): Oates, Joyce Carol \u003cbr\u003e Binding: Paperback, \u003cbr\u003e Date of Publication: 22\/10\/2015,\u003cbr\u003e Pagination: 320 pages,\u003cbr\u003e ISBN13\\EAN\\SKU: 9780008114893,\u003cbr\u003e Description: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBest-selling author Joyce Carol Oates blends sexual violence, racism, brutality, and power in her latest incendiary novel.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e When a fourteen-year-old girl is the alleged victim of a terrible act of racial violence, the incident shocks and galvanises her community, exacerbating the racial tension that has been simmering in this New Jersey town for decades.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Unfolding in a chorus of multiracial voices – from the police to the media to the victim and her family – which gather to reach a tense crescendo at the novel’s climax, THE SACRIFICE offers a shocking new understanding of power and oppression, innocence and guilt, truth and sensationalism, justice and retribution – and the primal decisions we make to protect those we love.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e A chilling exploration of complex social, political, and moral themes, THE SACRIFICE is a major work of fiction from one of our most revered literary masters.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Griffin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43697940922412,"sku":"9780008114893","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0379\/1365\/7388\/files\/9780008114893.jpg?v=1722608237","url":"https:\/\/www.griffinbooksonline.co.uk\/products\/9780008114893","provider":"Griffin Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}