{"product_id":"9780571376742","title":"The Mark","description":"\u003cp\u003eA debut novel of urgent big ideas imbued with pacy plotting and atmospheric power, by an exciting new talent. The 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\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?No matter which side wins, they will all have to find a way to live with the result.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFormat: Hardback\u003cbr\u003ePublished: 2024\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Faber \u0026amp; Faber\u003cbr\u003ePages: 293\u003cbr\u003eLanguage: English\u003cbr\u003eISBN 13: 9780571376742\u003cbr\u003eISBN 10: 0571376746\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!----\u003e","brand":"Friða Isberg","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49503521440010,"sku":"","price":21.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0282\/6066\/3399\/files\/9780571376742.jpg?v=1719658603","url":"https:\/\/www.shakespeareandsons.com\/products\/9780571376742","provider":"Shakespeare \u0026 Sons Buchhandel GmbH","version":"1.0","type":"link"}