{"product_id":"israel-rank-the-autobiography-of-a-criminal-annotated-edition-paperback","title":"Israel Rank: The Autobiography of a Criminal: Annotated Edition - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eE. O. Higgins\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by), \u003cb\u003eE. O. Higgins\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eE. O. Higgins\u003c\/b\u003e (Narrated by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Like an antique revolver, Horniman's murderous comedy is precision tooled, elegant, and must be handled with care\" - Patrick Kincaid, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Continuity Girl\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTo celebrate the 70th anniversary of the release of Ealing Studio's sublime comedy classic \u003ci\u003eKind Hearts and Coronets\u003c\/i\u003e, D'Ascoyne Press are republishing the novel that originally inspired the film.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eIsrael Rank: The Autobiography of a Criminal\u003c\/i\u003e is a 1907 darkly comic novel written by Roy Horniman, telling the tale of the eponymous anti-hero's campaign to cut back his family tree and inherit the aristocratic status of his hated relatives.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTold from his condemned cell, the story charts - in surprisingly lurid detail - how Rank goes from the status of poor relation, to advancing in life by killing off the six relatives standing in the way of him succeeding to his family seat.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSet against a backdrop of Edwardian snobbery, upper-class ritual, and casual antisemitism, \u003ci\u003eIsrael Rank: The Autobiography of a Criminal\u003c\/i\u003e is darker than the film it went on to inspire.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIt is also a fast-paced, engaging, and beautifully-rendered thriller - both disturbing and funny in equal measure. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 386\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.86 x 7.99 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 04, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47501747454130,"sku":"9781670852557","price":18.88,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/1f8bc7d56d0b13ba12bdb28e5e3faf39.webp?v=1779449176","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/israel-rank-the-autobiography-of-a-criminal-annotated-edition-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}