{"product_id":"9780312420123","title":"The Benefactor","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Benefactor\u003c\/i\u003e, Susan Sontag's first book and first novel, originally published in 1963, introduced a unique writer to the world. In the form of a memoir by a latter-day Candide named Hippolyte, \u003ci\u003eThe Benefactor\u003c\/i\u003e leads us on a kind of psychic Grand Tour, in which Hippolyte's violently imaginative dream life becomes indistinguishable from his surprising experiences in the 'real world.' Sontag's novel supplies a fascinating, knowing, acerbic portrait of a certain bohemian demimonde that flourished in France until quite recently. More important, \u003ci\u003eThe Benefactor \u003c\/i\u003eis a novel about ideas-especially religious ideas-unlike any other: funny, acrobatic, disturbing, profound.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Picador","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50076494299376,"sku":"9780312420123","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780312420123_p0.jpg?v=1784728888","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780312420123","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}