{"product_id":"the-assault-a-novel-pentagonia-0140157182","title":"The Assault: A Novel (Pentagonia)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0140157182\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Arenas, Reinaldo\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e New\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this, the final volume in the series of five novels that constitute his \"secret history of Cuba\", Reinaldo Arenas paints a harrowing, and at times boldly entertaining, Kafka-esque picture of a dehumanized people living in a world where homosexuality is a crime punishable by death and a cockroach hunt makes for a national holiday. Narrated by a hate-filled government torturer who has become an agent for the \"Bureau of Counterwhispering\",\" The Assault follows his travels through a blackly humorous shadowland as he winnow out whisperers, sexual deviants, and dissidents of every sort--until memory has been banished and spoken language has been nearly forgotten.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mia Karts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51664260071712,"sku":"NEW0140157182","price":13.94,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0980\/7426\/3840\/files\/71D1IwG3reL.jpg?v=1778883216","url":"https:\/\/miakarts.com\/products\/the-assault-a-novel-pentagonia-0140157182","provider":"Miakarts Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}