{"product_id":"arrow-in-the-blue-by-arthur-koestler-9781784876173","title":"Arrow in the Blue","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe remarkable first autobiography by the internationally acclaimed author of \u003cem\u003eDarkness at Noon\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe first volume of the remarkable autobiography of Arthur Koestler, author of \u003cem\u003eDarkness at Noon\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn 1931, Arthur Koestler joined the Communist Party, an event he felt to be second only in importance to his birth in shaping his destiny. Before that point, he lived a tumultuous and varied existence. He was a member of the duelling fraternity at the University of Vienna; a collective farm worker in Galilee; a tramp and street vendor in Haifa; the editor of a weekly paper in Cairo; the foreign correspondent of the biggest continental newspaper chain in Paris and the Middle East; a science editor in Berlin; and a member of the North Pole expedition of the Graf Zeppelin.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWritten with enormous zest, joie de vivre and frankness, \u003cem\u003eArrow in the Blue\u003c\/em\u003e is a fascinating self-portrait of a remarkable young man at the heart of the events that shaped the twentieth century.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe second volume of Arthur Koestler's autobiography is \u003cem\u003eThe Invisible Writing\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House NZ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46457548701932,"sku":"9781784876173","price":35.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/13376563482823.jpg?v=1747742617","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.pro\/products\/arrow-in-the-blue-by-arthur-koestler-9781784876173","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}