{"product_id":"9780976328834","title":"The Gentleman from Finland: Adventures on the Trans-Siberian Express","description":"Two days aboard what he believes is the Trans-Siberian Express, the author discovers he’s on the wrong train. It is 1987, and he is traveling in the Soviet Union, holding a train ticket that mistakenly identifies him as a Finn. In fact, he is a short, dark-skinned Mexican-American-Russian-Jew, who speaks only enough Russian to proclaim that he is Bob, the tourist from America. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs the trip unfolds, what begins as the fulfillment of a childhood dream becomes a journey with a cast of characters worthy of a Russian novel. A grim old woman takes his only pair of shoes. Mr. K., a tour director in Novosibirsk, is shocked when an actual tourist turns up during the middle of an ice storm. A beautiful Russian woman rescues the author from disaster in one city, only to mysteriously reappear in another, fueling his growing paranoia that she is a KGB agent. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThroughout the story, Goldstein interjects historical anecdotes, as well as his own family’s past in czarist Russia. The Gentleman from Finland is a sometimes hilarious, sometimes poignant story of the misadventures of a traveler who discovers that a journey on the world’s longest rail line is much more than just a big train ride.","brand":"Rivendell Publishing Northwest","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47133354459376,"sku":"9780976328834","price":4.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780976328834_p0.jpg?v=1763881350","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780976328834","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}