{"product_id":"9780393342628","title":"Ice Fire Water: A Leib Goldkorn Cocktail","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"At once a travel tale, a historical meditation, a Holocaust revenge fantasy, and a bedroom farce.\"—D. T. Max, \u003cem\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Leib Goldkorn, aged musician, first appeared almost a quarter-century ago in \u003cem\u003eThe Steinway Quintet\u003c\/em\u003e. Now Leib has replaced his magic flute with his phallus: it is love, longing, and the quest for sexual fulfillment that must stave off both his own death and the imminent destruction of the Jews. In \u003cem\u003eIce\u003c\/em\u003e he rescues the celebrated skater Sonja Henie from Hitler's clutches. In \u003cem\u003eFire\u003c\/em\u003e his paramour is Carmen Miranda. And in \u003cem\u003eWater\u003c\/em\u003e he engages in a South Sea Island intrigue with a famous swimming star of the 1940s. Meanwhile, in the present, Leib seeks consummation with three other inamoratas: Clara, his wife; \u003cem\u003eHustler\u003c\/em\u003e model Miss Crystal Knight; and the critic Michiko Kakutani (causing a real-life literary scandal). In this \"wickedly funny\" (\u003cem\u003eElle\u003c\/em\u003e) and no less heartbreaking novel, Leib Goldkorn emerges as one of American literature's most enduring, and endearing, creations. A \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e Notable Book; a \u003cem\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/em\u003e Best Book of the Year.","brand":"Norton, W. W. \u0026 Company, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47174176309488,"sku":"9780393342628","price":11.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780393342628_p0.jpg?v=1769916475","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780393342628","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}