{"product_id":"9781504011723","title":"The Peace Process: A Novella and Stories","description":"\u003cb\u003eA brilliant new collection from one of American literature’s most original and hilarious purveyors of dark comedy\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Silenced by the horrors of Nazi Germany, a Jewish satirist is inspired to write again by his biggest fan: Joseph Goebbels. A retired English teacher dies on the operating table and wakes up to an afterlife in which literature does not exist; he can claim any masterpiece as his own, from \u003ci\u003eThe Catcher in the Rye\u003c\/i\u003e to \u003ci\u003eCrime and Punishment\u003c\/i\u003e—if only he can remember what actually happens in those stories. On his first trip to the Holy Land, a down-on-his-luck filmmaker reluctantly agrees to help a young Israeli Arab escape to New York, only to watch in dismay as the upstart lands a buxom, Yiddish-speaking girlfriend and a monster movie deal.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Mario Puzo once said that the world of Bruce Jay Friedman’s short fiction is “like a \u003ci\u003eTwilight Zone \u003c\/i\u003ewith Charlie Chaplin.” Ironic, clever, perceptive, and hysterical,\u003ci\u003e The Peace Process\u003c\/i\u003e is vintage Friedman—fourteen finely crafted tales that take dead aim at the sweet spot between pleasure and pain.","brand":"Open Road Media","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47163086995696,"sku":"9781504011723","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781504011723_p0.jpg?v=1769896947","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781504011723","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}