{"product_id":"crime-and-punishment-1","title":"Crime and Punishment","description":"\u003cb\u003eFyodor Dostoevsky's masterpiece: a powerful psychological study, a terrifying murder mystery, and a fascinating detective thriller infused with philosophical, religious, and social commentary\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eOne of \u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e's 100 Best Mystery and Thriller Books of All Time - Nominated as one of America's best-loved novels by PBS's \u003ci\u003eThe Great American Read\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA desperate young man plans the perfect crime--the murder of a despicable pawnbroker, an old woman no one loves and no one will mourn. Is it not just, he reasons, for a man of genius to commit such a crime, to transgress moral law--if it will ultimately benefit humanity? So begins \u003ci\u003eCrime and Punishment, \u003c\/i\u003e one of the greatest novels ever written. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRaskolnikov, an impoverished student living in a garret in the gloomy slums of St. Petersburg, carries out his grotesque scheme and plunges into a hell of persecution, madness and terror. \u003ci\u003eCrime and Punishment\u003c\/i\u003e takes the reader on a journey into the darkest recesses of the criminal and depraved mind, and exposes the soul of a man possessed by both good and evil . . . a man who cannot escape his own conscience.","brand":"Fyodor Dostoyevsky","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52029686841645,"sku":"BS-8XD-211757","price":8.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/9780553211757-HD.jpg?v=1777483974","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/crime-and-punishment-1","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}