{"product_id":"2940169661446","title":"Humboldt's Gift","description":"\u003cp\u003eFor years, they were the best of friends: Humboldt, a grand, erratic figure, and Charlie, a young man of frenzied and noble longings. But by the 1970s, Humboldt has died a failure, and Charlie¿s success-ridden life has taken various turns for the worse. Then Humboldt acts from the grave to change Charlie¿s life by leaving him something in his will.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNow Charlie is middle-aged and his days are cluttered with comic absurdities. A thinker, he longs to come from left field and knock them all dead. But his ex-wife has him enmeshed in lawsuits; he is held in thrall by a sexually-beguiling but unsuitable young woman; he has fallen into the hands of a neurotic mafioso; and his career seems to have ground to a halt. How the gentle but resilient Charlie comes to know how to triumph over his ever more ridiculous tribulations is the great discovery of \u003ci\u003eHumboldt¿s Gift\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Blackstone Audio, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47116825559280,"sku":"2940169661446","price":27.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940169661446_p0.jpg?v=1769897758","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940169661446","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}