{"product_id":"the-bastard-factory-by-chris-kraus-9781509879106","title":"The Bastard Factory","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChris Kraus' \u003ci\u003eThe Bastard Factory\u003c\/i\u003e tells the story of an entire epoch: a drama of betrayal and self-delusion spanning the years 1905 to 1975, taking us from Riga to Moscow, Berlin and Munich all the way to Tel Aviv.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHubert and Konstantin Solm are brothers, born in Riga at the beginning of the twentieth century. They will find themselves — along with their Jewish adopted sister, Ev Solm — caught up in the maelstrom of their changing times.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAs the two brothers climb the rungs of society — working first for the government in Nazi Germany, then as agents for the Allied Forces, and eventually becoming spies for the young West Germany — Ev will be their constant companion, and eventually a lover to them both. The passionate love triangle that emerges will propel the characters to terrifying moral and political depths.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe story of the Solms is also the story of twentieth-century Germany: the decline of an old world and the rise of a new one — under new auspices but with the same familiar protagonists.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Macmillan Publishers New Zealand Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48244513472748,"sku":"9781509879106","price":29.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781509879106-the-bastard-factory-1.jpg?v=1787998294","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.live\/products\/the-bastard-factory-by-chris-kraus-9781509879106","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}