{"product_id":"the-cave-paperback-1","title":"The Cave - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eTim Krabbe\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eTim Krabb\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eSam Garrett\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA stunning psychological thriller about friship, drugs, and murder from the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Vanishing.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEgon Wagter and Axel van de Graaf met when they were both fourteen and on vacation in Belgium. Axel is fascinating, filled with an amoral energy by which the more prudent, less adventurous Egon is both mesmerized and repelled. Even as a teen, Axel has a strange power over those around him. He defies authority, seduces women, breaks the law. Axel chooses Egon as a friend, a friendship that somehow ures over time and ends up determining Egon's fate.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDuring his university studies, Egon frequents Axel's house in Amsterdam, where there is a party every night and women fill the rooms. Though Egon chooses geology over Axel's life of avarice and drug dealing, he remains intrigued by his friend's conviction that the only law that counts is the law he makes himself. Egon believes that Axel is a demonic figure who tempts others only because he knows they want to be tempted. By the time he is in his forties, Egon finds himself divorced and with few professional prospects. He turns for help to Axel, who sends him to Ratanakiri, a fictional country in Southeast Asia. Axel gives Egon a suitcase to deliver-and Egon never returns.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUtterly compelling and resonant, \u003ci\u003eThe Cave\u003c\/i\u003e is an unforgettable story of betrayal in the spirit of Tim Krabb 's remarkable first novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Vanishing\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTim Krabbe\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Vanishing\u003c\/i\u003e which was made into an award-winning film. \u003ci\u003eThe Cave\u003c\/i\u003e was a bestseller in The Netherlands. He lives in Amsterdam.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 160\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.4 x 8.58 x 5.56 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 02, 2003\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52549868224819,"sku":"9780374529161","price":38.32,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/RdjwnSnUc19780374529161.webp?v=1761058488","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/the-cave-paperback-1","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}