{"product_id":"9780385704045","title":"The Fire Agent","description":"\u003cb\u003eAn unforgettable, sweeping novel of espionage, love, and war that reframes our understanding of the first half of the twenthieth century.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBorn into an aristocratic German Jewish family, Ernst Baerwald   is a gifted linguist, talented musician, and fearless idealist. When he’s recruited in 1900 to   become a spy—his cover working for a company that would become the notorious chemical conglomerate IG Farben—his life becomes an   extraordinary adventure spanning two continents, two world wars, and   impossible choices that will haunt him forever.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom Frankfurt to Milan to Tokyo, Ernst moves through a   world of intrigue and passion. He battles Japan’s Yakuza while entertaining   its royalty and hosts Europe’s most brilliant performers. He falls deeply in   love . . . with two women. He witnesses the rise of fascism in both Japan and   Germany. And when the forces of fascism in Japan meet the horrors of Hitler’s   Germany, this German Jew faces an impossible choice: destroy the country he   loves most or become complicit in unimaginable evil.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBased on the   life of author David Baerwald’s grandfather, \u003ci\u003eThe Fire Agent \u003c\/i\u003eis historical fiction that reads   like a thriller. It carries us from nineteenth-century German idealism to the onset of chemical   warfare; from Japan’s organized   crime syndicates to FDR’s spy networks; from the Nanking Massacre to the dawn of the Cold War.   At its center is the unforgettable character of Ernst—a man who has the   courage to fight for what’s right, even when the cost is everything. \u003ci\u003eThe   Fire Agent \u003c\/i\u003eresonates deeply with our own time, providing a lens through   which we come to see, and question, ourselves.","brand":"David Baerwald","offers":[{"title":"Hardback","offer_id":48437772910804,"sku":"9780385704045","price":42.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1000\/9208\/files\/BNCImageAPI_61d8180e-5f1b-489a-b2cc-02b7fc54f0a1.jpg?v=1786128759","url":"https:\/\/penguinshop.ca\/products\/9780385704045","provider":"Penguin Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}