{"product_id":"9780143106579","title":"An African Millionaire","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e An excellent addition to Penguin's crime classics: the tantalizing tale of Colonel Clay, literature's first gentleman rogue. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWealthy, confident and handsome, Sir Charles Van Drift spends his time jetting to exotic locales with his wife and in-laws. But on one fateful trip to the Riviera, Van Drift meets his match in Colonel Clay. Posing alternately as a seer, a curate, and a German professor, the master of disguise swindles Van Drift through three continents and poses a serious risk to his South African diamond fortune. Colonel Clay, the notorious con artist and thief, has triumphed. But who is this master of disguise, really?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFirst serialized in \u003ci\u003eThe Strand\u003c\/i\u003e in 1896, the adventures that comprise \u003ci\u003eAn African Millionaire\u003c\/i\u003e are widely regarded as the first to feature a criminal protagonist and will be greeted enthusiastically by fans and scholars of classic crime fiction.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47016136343792,"sku":"9780143106579","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780143106579_p0.jpg?v=1763656778","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780143106579","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}