{"product_id":"9780241258552","title":"The Man Who Watched the Trains Go by (Penguin Modern Classics)","description":"\u003cp\u003eA brilliant new translation of one of Simenon's best loved masterpieces.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'A certain furtive, almost shameful emotion ... disturbed him whenever he saw a train go by, a night train especially, its blinds drawn down on the mystery of its passengers'\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eKees Popinga is a respectable Dutch citizen and family man. Then he discovers that his boss has bankrupted the shipping firm he works for - and something snaps. Kees used to watch the trains go by to exciting destinations. Now, on some dark impulse, he boards one at random, and begins a new life of recklessness and violence. This chilling portrayal of a man who breaks from society and goes on the run asks who we are, and what we are capable of. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Classic Simenon ... extraordinary in its evocative power' Independent\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'What emerges is the bare human animal' John Gray\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Read him at your peril, avoid him at your loss' Sunday Times\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Classics","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42594163392587,"sku":"EB_LI0700_EB132_SPG","price":542.0,"currency_code":"THB","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0641\/0023\/7387\/files\/9780241258552-1.jpg?v=1788433243","url":"https:\/\/kinokuniya.co.th\/ja\/products\/9780241258552","provider":"Books Kinokuniya Thailand","version":"1.0","type":"link"}