{"product_id":"2940193043829","title":"Bystander","description":"\"I have never been faced with a moral crisis, let alone a matter of life or death.\"  Peter Simons doesn't spend much time at home in his apartment. Thanks to his job at a multinational company, he is often flying around the world, enjoying a life of luxurious solitude in five-star hotels. So when he returns after being away for nine months and notices a strange smell coming from his neighbour's apartment, he initially tries not to get involved, but when a body is discovered, Peter's carefully cultivated detachment begins to crumble. And when new people move into the vacant apartment, he gets caught up in a petty dispute that will bring him to the brink of moral ruin.  Bystander is a pitiless, bold work of intense psychological realism narrated by a professionally successful but socially bankrupt anti-hero who expects global connection and local anonymity. It excoriates the contingency of contemporary morality, and, at a time of growing isolation, forces the reader to examine what it means to be a good neighbour.","brand":"Book*hug Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46326203941105,"sku":"2940193043829","price":22.1,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0674\/5433\/7265\/files\/2940193043829_p0.jpg?v=1765020954","url":"https:\/\/shop.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940193043829","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble","version":"1.0","type":"link"}