{"product_id":"9781628724325","title":"A Small Circus","description":"\u003cbr\u003eIt is the summer of 1929, and in a small German town, a storm is brewing.\u003cp\u003eTredup, a shabby reporter working for the \u003ci\u003ePomeranian Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e, leads a precarious existence . . . until he takes some photographs that offer him a chance to make a fortune.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhile Tredup contemplates his next move, the town is buzzing. Farmers are plotting their revenge against greedy officials, a mysterious traveling salesman is stirring up trouble, and all the while, the Nazi party grows stronger as the Communists fight them in the street.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs the town slowly slips into chaos, Mayor “Fatty” Gareis does everything in his power to seek the easy life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs tensions mount between workers and bosses, town and country, and Left and Right, alliances are broken, bribes are taken, and plots are hatched, until the tension spills over into violence.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the brilliant mind of one of Germany’s most celebrated writers, \u003ci\u003eA Small Circus\u003c\/i\u003e is a genuine and frightening tale of small-town Germany during a time of unrest. It belongs in the collection of every reader who has enjoyed his break-out classics.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSkyhorse Publishing, as well as our Arcade, Yucca, and Good Books imprints, are proud to publish a broad range of books for readers interested in fiction—novels, novellas, political and medical thrillers, comedy, satire, historical fiction, romance, erotic and love stories, mystery, classic literature, folklore and mythology, literary classics including Shakespeare, Dumas, Wilde, Cather, and much more. While not every title we publish becomes a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller or a national bestseller, we are committed to books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Arcade Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47031767335152,"sku":"9781628724325","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781628724325_p0.jpg?v=1763870174","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781628724325","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}