{"product_id":"israel-rank-the-autobiography-of-a-criminal-annotated-edition-9781670852557","title":"Israel Rank: The Autobiography of a Criminal: Annotated Edition","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): E. O. Higgins\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Classics\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Like an antique revolver, Horniman's murderous comedy is precision tooled, elegant, and must be handled with care\" - Patrick Kincaid, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Continuity Girl\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTo celebrate the 70th anniversary of the release of Ealing Studio's sublime comedy classic \u003ci\u003eKind Hearts and Coronets\u003c\/i\u003e, D'Ascoyne Press are republishing the novel that originally inspired the film.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eIsrael Rank: The Autobiography of a Criminal\u003c\/i\u003e is a 1907 darkly comic novel written by Roy Horniman, telling the tale of the eponymous anti-hero's campaign to cut back his family tree and inherit the aristocratic status of his hated relatives.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTold from his condemned cell, the story charts - in surprisingly lurid detail - how Rank goes from the status of poor relation, to advancing in life by killing off the six relatives standing in the way of him succeeding to his family seat.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSet against a backdrop of Edwardian snobbery, upper-class ritual, and casual antisemitism, \u003ci\u003eIsrael Rank: The Autobiography of a Criminal\u003c\/i\u003e is darker than the film it went on to inspire.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIt is also a fast-paced, engaging, and beautifully-rendered thriller - both disturbing and funny in equal measure. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Independently Published","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45550403256471,"sku":"9781670852557","price":1306.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781670852557.webp?v=1767912875","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/israel-rank-the-autobiography-of-a-criminal-annotated-edition-9781670852557","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}