{"title":"Bestselling Icelandic Literature","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"i-remember-you","title":"I Remember You","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"row\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"col-md-12\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"field-items\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"field-item even\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThis horrifying thriller, partly based on a true\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003estory, is the scariest novel yet from an\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003einternational bestseller. Don't go. Don't go\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eyet. I'm not finished. 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