{"product_id":"the-dynamite-club-9780300217926","title":"The Dynamite Club","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"In . . . his enthralling and cinematic account of a Paris cafe bombing in 1894, Merriman achieves that rare thing: virtuosic storytelling that doubles as superb history.\"—Kirk Davis Swinehart, \u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e -- Kirk Davis Swinehart * Chicago Tribune *\u003cbr\u003e\"Historically eye-opening and psychologically insightful.\"—Chuck Leddy, \u003ci\u003eBoston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e -- Chuck Leddy * Boston Globe *\u003cbr\u003e\"Those who think of terrorism as an inexplicable evil produced by an alien culture will have their eyes opened by this fascinating study of 19th-century anarchist terrorists.\"—\u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Examiner\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e * San Francisco Examiner *\u003cbr\u003e\"Merriman's account frames an illuminating study of working-class radicalism in belle époque France and its bitter conflict with the establishment in an age when class warfare was no metaphor. It [is] an absorbing true crime story, with Dostoyevskian overtones, about high ideals that motivate desperate acts.\"—\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e, starred review\u003cbr\u003e * Publishers Weekly *\u003cbr\u003e\"Reconstructing Henry's own attacks, Merriman allies a forensic eye with the texture of Paris de la belle époque, ably renders Henry's personality, and implicitly invites comparison of his with the mid-sets of contemporary terrorists.\"—Gilbert Taylor, \u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e -- Gilbert Taylor * Booklist *\u003cbr\u003e\"Reading a book on nineteenth-century anarchism by John Merriman is a bit like reading one on the semicolon by Strunk and White…he is able to pack in riveting detail.\" —\u003ci\u003eBookforum\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e * Bookforum *","brand":"Yale University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48864338018647,"sku":"9780300217926","price":18.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780300217926.jpg?v=1722271483","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-dynamite-club-9780300217926","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}