{"product_id":"hans-of-iceland-a-play-in-three-acts-by-palmir-paperback","title":"Hans of Iceland: A Play in Three Acts, by Palmir (Paperback)","description":"\u003cp\u003eBased on the Victor Hugo novel of the same name (penned when the author was only twenty-one), this macabre play begins in a morgue. The fearsome outlaw, Hans of Iceland, whose face has been seen by no one, determines to kill a regiment of Musketeers that he blames for the death of his son. His revenge intersects in a bloody way with the more conventional romantic plot of a young nobleman who loves the daughter of a political prisoner that the former Chancellor of Norway has held in thrall for many years. The tension ratchets up, culminating in a conflagration à la Samson that seems to anticipate the Grand Guignol movement by nearly a century. The story has the nightmarish logic of a bad dream. As one contemporary reviewer said: \"If genius is very close to madness, then this work is very close to genius.\" Great drama from a great writer!\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wildside Press LLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43184625451217,"sku":"9781479400188","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/5981\/5377\/files\/9781479400188_FC.jpg?v=1784078947","url":"https:\/\/startlingstories.us\/products\/hans-of-iceland-a-play-in-three-acts-by-palmir-paperback","provider":"Startling Stories","version":"1.0","type":"link"}