{"product_id":"2940046486933","title":"Truth, Like A Fairytale,","description":"\u003cp\u003eTruth like a Fairytale is an allegory of America. It is set on the planet of An Terra, which is much larger than Earth, where a year is 900 days long. Most of the story takes place in the country of Merica. Merica was discovered (or rather blundered into) by a mariner named Cristobal di Caracteritzi as he searched for a sea route to the legendary Eastron city of Bangbuhm. It was zoned, rather than mapped, by a real estate agent named Merico Vestibuli. There are a number of quirks in Merican history because it was laid out by a man who was looking to make a profit from it - largely in the field of penal real estate.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe story itself is a political thriller in which two of the main characters, \"kops\" named Wilder McUrphy and Davitt Smyler, are wounded at the outset of the story by a villain \"call-ed by some 'Colonel Badde'\" as he first tested his \"explosive product\". The plot hinges on events which span the entire 300 year history of Merica, and has a great deal to do with tensions between one organization known as The Wild Boars (Granddaddies), and the Discus Anterum Society, who (despite over a thousand years of evidence to the contrary) believe that An Terra is a flat disc that has been tossed through space by a cosmic being named Ronson as he played with his cosmic dog named Phostar.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Phineas Tuffle","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47148736774384,"sku":"2940046486933","price":3.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940046486933_p0.jpg?v=1763694168","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940046486933","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}