{"product_id":"9780008126759_the-draughtsman-we-all-have-choices","title":"The Draughtsman: We all have choices.","description":"\u003cp\u003eSpeak out for the fate of millions or turn a blind eye? We all have choices.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘Absolutely exceptional. So beautifully written, with precision and wisdom and real emotional acuity … A remarkable achievement’ STEPHEN KELMAN, author of Pigeon English\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1944, Germany. Ernst Beck’s new job marks an end to months of unemployment. Working for Erfurt’s most prestigious engineering firm, Topf \u0026amp; Sons, means he can finally make a contribution to the war effort, provide for his beautiful wife, Etta, and make his parents proud. But there is a price.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eErnst is assigned to the firm’s smallest team – the Special Ovens Department. Reporting directly to Berlin his role is to annotate plans for new crematoria that are deliberately designed to burn day and night. Their destination: the concentration camps. Topf’s new client: the SS.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs the true nature of his work dawns on him, Ernst has a terrible choice to make: turning a blind eye will keep him and Etta safe, but that’s little comfort if staying silent amounts to collusion in the death of thousands.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis bold and uncompromising work of literary fiction shines a light on the complex contradictions of human nature and examines how deeply complicit we can become in the face of fear.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLautner's The Draughtsman is a historical masterpiece that explores the psychological depths of its protagonist against a military backdrop. Ernst Beck's struggle between duty and morality is a testament to the best and worst of human nature.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor fans of David Mccloskey (The Seventh Floor), Attica Locke (Black Water Rising), Rachel Kushner (The Mars Room), Colm Tóibín (Long Island), and Paul Auster (Baumgartner).\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Robert Lautner, Read by Peter Noble","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46889155592341,"sku":"9780008126759","price":39.49,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0484\/3175\/9509\/files\/9780008126759_b817afa5-6ba1-4b59-a306-c8e73387ee9e.jpg?v=1776888449","url":"https:\/\/harpercollins.com.au\/products\/9780008126759_the-draughtsman-we-all-have-choices","provider":"HarperCollins AU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}