{"product_id":"9781780995984","title":"100 Years of Vicissitude","description":"\"First up, a disclaimer. I suspect I am a dead man. I have meagre proof, no framed- up certification, nothing to toss in a court of law as evidence of a rapid departure from the mortal coil. I recall a gun was involved, pressed up against my skull, and a loud explosion followed.\" \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThus begins our narrator in a purgatorial tour through twentieth-century Japanese history, with a ghostly geisha who has seen it all as a guide and a corrupt millionaire as her reluctant companion.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThrown into the milieu are saké, B-29s, Lewis Carroll, Sir Thomas Malory, Melbourne, 'The Wizard of Oz', and a dirigible - along with the allusion that Red Riding Hood might just be involved.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Collective Ink","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47135939821808,"sku":"9781780995984","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781780995984_p0.jpg?v=1769891557","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781780995984","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}