{"product_id":"9781907970207","title":"American Drolleries: Selected Stories","description":"In these extraordinary stories Mark Twain takes us from the sleepy banks of the Mississippi, through frontier towns, and across the deserted gold plains of California. We encounter his countryfolk in all their bizarre variety: a cannibalistic ex-senator, a compulsive gambler, phoney travelling salesmen, and a team of bumbling detectives.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eThe breadth, skill, and comic ingenuity of these tales remind us why Mark Twain is truly the ‘father of American literature’.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e‘Twain is still the liveliest, sharpest, most humane observational satirist and wit.’ - \u003cb\u003eA A Gill\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e‘Beguiling, brusquely fantastic yarns. . .’ - \u003cb\u003eJohn Updike\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e‘The greatest humorist of his age.’ - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Daunt Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47154142249200,"sku":"9781907970207","price":6.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781907970207_p0.jpg?v=1763621416","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781907970207","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}