{"product_id":"waiting-for-the-barbarians-book-by-j-m-coetzee","title":"Waiting for the Barbarians book by J.M. Coetzee","description":"\u003ch3 data-section-id=\"wnik20\" data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"53\" class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer\"\u003eWaiting for the Barbarians book by J.M. Coetzee\u003cspan aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchor\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"55\" data-end=\"244\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"whitespace-normal\"\u003eWaiting for the Barbarians\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e by \u003cspan class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"whitespace-normal\"\u003eJ.M. 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