{"product_id":"9781448203680","title":"The Man Who Made Gold","description":"Professor Charles Lexington led a placid and uneventful life until he made the mistake of discovering a way by which lead could be turned into gold.  A Mr. Bowry volunteered to help the Professor capitalize the discovery, and from then on things began to happen.  Before Professor Lexington got back to earth he had been a match seller on the streets of London, an end man in a minstrel show, an inmate of a charitable institution, and a plumber.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHere is just such a combination of insoluble mystery and waggish humor as brought unending delight to readers of \u003ci\u003eShadowed\u003c\/i\u003e and the other \"Chesterbelloc\" tales in which laughter was crossed with diabolic plot.  This tongue-in-cheek puzzler will tickle your funnybone and tax your ingenuity.","brand":"Bloomsbury USA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47128398430448,"sku":"9781448203680","price":5.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781448203680_p0.jpg?v=1763828293","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781448203680","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}