{"product_id":"9780753804704-retail-the-reader","title":"The Reader","description":"\u003cp\u003eFor 15-year-old Michael Berg, a chance meeting with an older woman leads to far more than he ever imagined. The woman in question is Hanna and before long, they embark on a passionate, clandestine love affair which leaves Michael both euphoric and confused. For Hanna is not all that she seems.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eYears later, as a law student observing a trial in Germany, Michael is shocked to realise that the person on the dock is Hanna. The woman he has loved is a criminal. Much about her behaviour during the trial does not make sense. But then suddenly and terribly, it does - Hanna is not only obliged to answer for a horrible crime, she is also desperately concealing an even deeper secret.\u003cp\u003eBernhard Schlink was born in Germany in 1944. A professor of law at the University of Berlin and a practising judge, he is the author of the major international bestselling novel THE READER, as well as several prize-winning crime novels. He lives in Bonn and Berlin.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Book Grocer","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46368197279963,"sku":"9780753804704-RETAIL","price":18.39,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/46ba005588ae4f88b9a0f79e4a8caad7.png?v=1735000603","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/9780753804704-retail-the-reader","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}