{"product_id":"2940149682553","title":"Barry Lyndon","description":"Let the man who has to make his fortune in life remember this maxim: 'Attacking' is his only secret. Dare, and the world always yields...\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBarry Lyndon is the classic novel about Redmond Barry, (later Barry Lyndon), and his rise from a poor country boy to the astral heights of polite English society from 1750-1820. At its core it is a dazzling psychological study of a true sociopath.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAlways Machiavellian, Barry Lyndon is Don Juan, Odysseus, Holden Caulfield, and Nabokov's Humbert Humbert rolled into one: a hot-tempered, passionate young man, quick with his sword, mercurial with women, and quick to danger and folly at war and the gambling table. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY (1811-1863) was an 19th century English novelist famous for his brilliant satirical works, particularly Vanity Fair, a sardonic portrait of English society, and Barry Lyndon, a novel about a rascal's rise and fall. Today he is esteemed by many as second only to Charles Dickens in his mastery of the modern novel.","brand":"Harbor Lights Media Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47109145723120,"sku":"2940149682553","price":3.65,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940149682553_p0.jpg?v=1763721248","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940149682553","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}