{"product_id":"9781846686665-greed","title":"Greed","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eKurt Janisch is an ambitious, but frustrated country policeman. Things are not going right in his life. But a country policeman gets talking to a lot of people in the line of duty - particularly lonely, middle-aged women. Matters go from bad to worse. Someone sees too much, knows too much. Soon there's a body in a lake and a murderer to be caught. Kurt Janisch is an ambitious, but frustrated country policeman. Things are not going right in his life - at least not fast enough. But a country policeman gets talking to a lot of people in the line of duty - particularly women. Lonely, middle-aged women, women with a bit of property perhaps. Matters go from bad to worse: for Kurt Janisch, for the women who fall for him. Someone sees too much, knows too much. Soon there's a body in a lake and a murderer to be caught. A thriller set amid the mountains and small towns of southern Austria, Greed is Elfriede Jelinek's most accessible novel since The Piano Teacher. But as always Jelinek gives the reader a lot more to think about: the ecological costs of affluence, the inescapable burden and inadequacy of our everyday words, the exploitative nature of relations between men and women, the impossibility of life without relationships. A meditative reflection on ageing, Greed is another chapter in Jelinek?s chronicling of her love\/hate relationship with Austria.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41050066550881,"sku":"9781846686665","price":12.89,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/d4841c7602e33daba2f30993e84ec471.png?v=1698299305","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781846686665-greed","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}