{"product_id":"2026100007749-secondhand-the-sleep-of-reason","title":"The Sleep Of Reason","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good. Jacket: Worn\/faded - some tears, some chipping along spine and corners. Page Condition: Yellowed. Markings: No markings. Binding condition: Binding intact. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the darkened corridors of a provincial English university and the cold formality of a murder trial, C.P. Snow's The Sleep of Reason confronts the most disturbing recesses of human nature. Narrator Lewis Eliot witnesses the aftermath of a horrific crime — the torture and murder of a child by two women — a case that draws unmistakable parallels to the real-life Moors Murders, forcing Eliot and those around him to reckon with the existence of radical, inexplicable evil.\n\nThe novel, the ninth in Snow's monumental Strangers and Brothers sequence, stands as one of his most morally urgent works. Snow — a scientist, civil servant, and man of reason — here tests his lifelong faith in rationalism and social progress against an act of pure, irrational malevolence. The title, borrowed from Goya's haunting etching, asks whether civilisation's veneer is ever truly thick enough — a question that lingers long after the final page.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49130602070235,"sku":"2026100007749-SECONDHAND","price":20.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/bd309864-26d3-4fe0-9555-abea30025e27.png?v=1786587251","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026100007749-secondhand-the-sleep-of-reason","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}