{"product_id":"9780140154078","title":"The Music of Chance","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn “exceptional” (\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e) tale of fate, loyalty, responsibility, and the real meaning of freedom, from the author of the forthcoming \u003ci\u003e4 3 2 1:  A Novel\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA finalist for the PEN\/Faulkner Award\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis “rich and dazzling” (\u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e) novel follows Jim Nashe who, after squandering an unexpected inheritance, picks up a young gambler named Jack Pozzi hoping to con two millionaires. But when their plans backfire, Jim and Jack are indentured by their elusive marks and are forced to build a meaningless wall with bricks gathered from ruins of an Irish castle. Time passes, their debts mount, and anger builds as the two struggle to dig themselves out of their Kafkaesque serfdom.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York \u003c\/i\u003eTimes-bestselling author Paul Auster (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Trilogy)\u003c\/i\u003e brings us back into his strange, shape-shifting world of fiendish bargains and punitive whims, where chance is a powerful yet unpredictable force.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47010870198512,"sku":"9780140154078","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780140154078_p0.jpg?v=1763642094","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780140154078","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}