{"product_id":"the-mark","title":"The Mark.","description":"\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003eA debut novel of urgent big ideas imbued with pacy plotting and atmospheric power, by an exciting new talent.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Icelandic Psychological Association has prepared a test. They call it a sensitivity assessment: a way of measuring a person's empathy and identifying the potential for anti-social behaviour.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn a few days' time, Iceland will vote on whether to make the test compulsory for every citizen. The nation is bitterly divided. Some believe the test makes society safer; others decry it as a violation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs the referendum draws closer, four people - Vetur, Eyja, Tristan and Ólafur - find themselves caught in the teeth of the debate. Each of them will have to reckon with uncomfortable questions: Where do the rights of society end and the rights of the individual begin? When does utopia become dystopia?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNo matter which side wins, they will all have to find a way to live with the result.\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003e'Searingly brilliant . . . like George Orwell and Anthony Burgess before her, lets the dystopian ironies speak for themselves.' —\u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eTLS\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Absolutely stunning.' —HERNAN DIAZ\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A masterpiece.' —KAVEH AKBAR\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Faber \u0026 Faber","offers":[{"title":"Bargain","offer_id":42992431398992,"sku":"9780571376742B","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookoutlet.com\/products\/the-mark","provider":"Book Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}