{"product_id":"9781681370217","title":"The Invisibility Cloak","description":"An NYRB Classics Original\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The hero of \u003ci\u003eThe Invisibility Cloak\u003c\/i\u003e lives in contemporary  Beijing—where everyone is doing their best to hustle up the ladder of  success while shouldering an ever-growing burden of consumer goods—and  he’s a loser. Well into his forties, he’s divorced (and still doting on  his ex), childless, and living with his sister (her husband wants him  out) in an apartment at the edge of town with a crack in the wall the  wind from the north blows through while he gets by, just, by making  customized old-fashioned amplifiers for the occasional rich  audio-obsessive. He has contempt for his clients and contempt for  himself. The only things he really likes are Beethoven and vintage  speakers. Then an old friend tips him off about a special job—a little  risky but just don’t ask too many questions—and can it really be that  this hopeless loser wins?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis provocative and seriously funny  exercise in the social fantastic by the brilliantly original Ge Fei, one  of China’s finest living writers, is among the most original works of  fiction to come out of China in recent years. It is sure to appeal to  readers of Haruki Murakami and other fabulists of contemporary  irreality.","brand":"New York Review Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47139757424880,"sku":"9781681370217","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781681370217_p0.jpg?v=1763693606","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781681370217","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}