{"product_id":"red-milk","title":"Red Milk","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA timely and provocative novel about a mysterious Icelandic neo-Nazi and the enduring global allure of fascism.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn England in 1962, an Icelandic man is found dead on a train bound for Cheltenham Spa. In his possession, policemen find a map on which a swastika has been drawn with a red pen. Who was he, and where was he going? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn a novel that reads as both biography and mystery, the internationally celebrated novelist Sjón tells the story of Gunnar Kampen, the founder of Iceland's antisemitic nationalist party, with ties to a burgeoning network of neo-Nazi groups across the globe. Told in a series of scenes and letters spanning Kampen's lifetime--from his childhood in Reykjavík during the Second World War, in a household strongly opposed to Hitler and his views, through his education, political radicalization, and final clandestine mission to England--\u003ci\u003eRed Milk\u003c\/i\u003e urges readers to confront the international legacy of twentieth-century fascism and the often unknowable forces that drive some people to extremism. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBased on one of the ringleaders of a little-known neo-Nazi group that operated in Reykjavík in the late 1950s and early 1960s, this taut and potent novel explores what shapes a young man and the enduring, disturbing allure of Nazi ideology.","brand":"Sjón (Author), Victoria Cribb (Translator)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42340696391907,"sku":"9780374603366","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0356\/3906\/6759\/products\/9780374603366-us.jpg?v=1642180820","url":"https:\/\/littleprofessorbookshop.com\/products\/red-milk","provider":"Little Professor","version":"1.0","type":"link"}