{"product_id":"9781612191553","title":"Futility: A Novel","description":"Hailed by his famous contemporaries including Edith Wharton, H.G. Wells, Katherine Mansfield, Graham Greene, and Evelyn Waugh, who called him a \"genius,\" William Gerhardi is one of the twentieth century's forgotten masters, and his lovely comedy \u003ci\u003eFutility\u003c\/i\u003e one of the century's neglected masterpieces. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt tells the story of someone very similar to Gerhardi himself: a young Englishman raised in Russia who returns to St. Petersburg and falls in love with the daughter of a hilariously dysfunctional family--all played out with the armies of the Russian Revolution marching back and forth outside the parlor window.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePart British romantic comedy, part Russian social realism, and with a large cast of memorable characters, this astoundingly funny and poignant novel is the tale of people persisting in love and hope despite the odds.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eFrom the Trade Paperback edition.\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Melville House Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47184564945136,"sku":"9781612191553","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781612191553_p0.jpg?v=1763841159","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781612191553","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}