{"product_id":"9781504042338","title":"McTeague: A Story of San Francisco","description":"\u003cb\u003eA couple’s life and love are destroyed when they win the lottery in this tragic tale of turn-of-the-century San Francisco.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e McTeague and Trina are in love, and with the modest income from McTeague’s dentistry office, their needs are few. But when Trina wins a small fortune from a lottery ticket, jealousy and distrust begin to unravel their happy home. As tension erupts between McTeague and Trina’s cousin Marcus, Trina’s impulse to save her winnings slowly gives way to a pathological obsession with hoarding money. Betrayed and destitute, the couple embarks on a journey down a path of violence, theft, and murder.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Considered transgressive for its brutality and sordid subject matter upon first publication in 1899, \u003ci\u003eMcTeague\u003c\/i\u003e has since served as the basis for the films \u003ci\u003eGreed \u003c\/i\u003e(1924) by Erich von Stroheim and \u003ci\u003eSlow Burn\u003c\/i\u003e (2000), starring Minnie Driver and James Spader. Widely acclaimed as Frank Norris’s masterpiece, the novel was hailed as “a literary masterpiece” by the\u003ci\u003e New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis ebook has been professionally proofread to ensure accuracy and readability on all devices.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  ","brand":"Open Road Media","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47127102488816,"sku":"9781504042338","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781504042338_p0.jpg?v=1769897865","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781504042338","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}