{"product_id":"9781594486098","title":"The Swan Gondola: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eA lush and thrilling romantic fable about two lovers set against the scandalous burlesques, midnight séances, and aerial ballets of the 1898 Omaha World’s Fair.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn the eve of the 1898 Omaha World’s Fair, Ferret Skerritt, ventriloquist by trade, con man by birth, isn’t quite sure how it will change him or his city. Omaha still has the marks of a filthy Wild West town, even as it attempts to achieve the grandeur and respectability of nearby Chicago. But when he crosses paths with the beautiful and enigmatic Cecily, his whole purpose shifts and the fair becomes the backdrop to their love affair.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne of a traveling troupe of actors that has descended on the city, Cecily works in the Midway’s Chamber of Horrors, where she loses her head hourly on a guillotine playing Marie Antoinette. And after closing, she rushes off, clinging protectively to a mysterious carpetbag, never giving Ferret a second glance. But a moonlit ride on the swan gondola, a boat on the lagoon of the New White City, changes everything, and the fair’s magic begins to take its effect.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the critically acclaimed author of \u003ci\u003eThe Coffins of Little Hope\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Swan Gondola \u003c\/i\u003eis a transporting read, reminiscent of \u003ci\u003eWater for Elephants \u003c\/i\u003eor \u003ci\u003eThe Night Circus\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47056989225200,"sku":"9781594486098","price":27.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781594486098_p0.jpg?v=1763810980","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781594486098","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}