{"product_id":"history-of-violence","title":"History Of Violence","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e** Shortlisted for the 2020 International Dublin Literary Award **\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe radical, urgent new novel from the author of \u003ci\u003eThe End of Eddy\u003c\/i\u003e - a personal and powerful story of violence.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eI met Reda on Christmas Eve 2012, at around four in the morning. He approached me in the street, and finally I invited him up to my apartment. He told me the story of his childhood and how his father had come to France, having fled Algeria. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWe spent the rest of the night together, talking, laughing. At around 6 o''clock, he pulled out a gun and said he was going to kill me. He insulted me, strangled and raped me. The next day, the medical and legal proceedings began.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHistory of Violence\u003c\/i\u003e retraces the story of that night, and looks at immigration, class, racism, desire and the effects of trauma in an attempt to understand a history of violence, its origins, its reasons and its causes. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e                                                                                                                                                                    ''It stays with you'' \u003ci\u003eTimes\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''A heartbreaking novel'' John Boyne\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57556052410750,"sku":"NW9781784706074","price":9.65,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9781784706074.jpg?v=1781606157","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/products\/history-of-violence","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}