{"product_id":"9781411468115","title":"The Gambler (Barnes \u0026 Noble Digital Library)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis edition includes a modern introduction and a list of suggested further reading.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePerhaps better than any other work of fiction, \u003cb\u003eDostoevsky’s\u003c\/b\u003e novel \u003ci\u003eThe Gambler\u003c\/i\u003e captures and analyzes gaming’s fatal attraction.  We follow Aleksey Ivanovich’s ups and downs in the make-believe German city of Roulettenburg, where nationalities mix in a frenzied competition for money and status.  Written in twenty-six days to beat an unscrupulous publisher’s deadline,\u003ci\u003e The Gambler \u003c\/i\u003eis based on the author’s own struggles with gambling addiction. It will leave readers amused and baffled at Aleksey’s contradictory and self-destructive energy.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Barnes \u0026 Noble","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47126163980528,"sku":"9781411468115","price":3.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781411468115_p0.jpg?v=1769897476","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781411468115","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}