{"product_id":"9781594633850","title":"The Confabulist","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Cellist of Sarajevo\u003c\/i\u003e, a darkly fanciful, beautifully wrought novel of magic, intrigue, and illusion.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat is real and what is an illusion? Can you trust your memory to provide an accurate record of what has happened in your life?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Confabulist\u003c\/i\u003e is a clever, entertaining, and suspenseful narrative that weaves together the rise and fall of world-famous Harry Houdini with the surprising story of Martin Strauss, an unknown man whose fate seems forever tied to the magician’s in a way that will ultimately startle and amaze. It is at once a vivid portrait of an alluring, late-nineteenth\/early-twentieth-century world; a front-row seat to a world-class  magic show; and an unexpected love story. In the end, the book is a kind of magic trick in itself: There is much more to Martin than meets the eye.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHistorically rich and ingeniously told, this is a novel about magic and memory, truth and illusion, and the ways that love, hope, grief, and imagination can—for better or for worse—alter what we perceive and believe.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47052474220784,"sku":"9781594633850","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781594633850_p0.jpg?v=1763815137","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781594633850","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}