{"product_id":"9781420932515","title":"Mcteague","description":"Like his more famous contemporary Upton Sinclair, American author BENJAMIN FRANKLIN NORRIS, JR. (1870-1902) also highlighted the corruption and greed of corporate monopolies in the late 19th and early 20th centuries... themes that continue to make his work riveting reading more than a century later.\u003cp\u003eMcTeague, first published in 1899, is the tale of a poor, not-too-bright San Francisco dentist, his stingy wife, and a winning lottery ticket that causes more problems than it solves.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA forgotten classic of late-19th-century literature of social criticism-it served as the basis for Erich von Stroheim's famously \"lost\" 1924 film Greed-this remains a highly entertaining read.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Neeland Media","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47048948777200,"sku":"9781420932515","price":8.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781420932515_p0.jpg?v=1763738276","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781420932515","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}