{"product_id":"2026200011481-secondhand-for-the-good-of-the-cause","title":"For The Good Of The Cause","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Fair\u003cbr\u003eJacket: No dust jacket\u003cbr\u003ePages: Tanning and foxing\u003cbr\u003eMarkings: Previous owner\u003cbr\u003eCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the suffocating grip of Soviet bureaucracy, a group of dedicated teachers and students at a provincial technical institute find their hopes for a new building — years in the making — stolen from them by a single stroke of official indifference. For the Good of the Cause is a searing short novel that chronicles the collision between human decency and the impersonal machinery of the Soviet state, capturing with devastating precision the moral compromises that ordinary people are forced to make when power operates without conscience.\n\nSolzhenitsyn, writing with the restrained fury of a dissident who lived every word he set to paper, presents a masterclass in moral allegory. The novella's deceptively simple narrative conceals a profound argument about complicity, injustice, and the corrosive effect of ideology on community life. A work of quiet but relentless power, it leaves the reader to wrestle with a deeply unsettling question: when the cause itself becomes corrupt, what remains worth fighting for?\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49130845307099,"sku":"2026200011481-SECONDHAND","price":10.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/c06c0595-0adc-44ad-8ae3-6e234d6236fd.png?v=1786591119","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026200011481-secondhand-for-the-good-of-the-cause","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}