{"product_id":"9781915523365","title":"The Contortionist's Handbook","description":"     \u003ctitle\u003e\u003c\/title\u003e        \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Contortionist¹s Handbook\u003c\/em\u003e is the story of John Dolan Vincent,   and\u003cbr\u003eabnormally gifted child with a proclivity for mathematics beyond his   years.\u003cbr\u003eHowever, he also bears a rare deformity‹polydactylism‹and his genius   is\u003cbr\u003ecounterbalanced by a near absence of social skills and episodes of   severe\u003cbr\u003emigraines.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eAs an adult his migraines occur with alarming regularity. And his   repeated\u003cbr\u003eattempts at self-medication send him over and over to the emergency   room. He\u003cbr\u003eknows that to visit twice is to be institutionalized as a suicide   risk. So,\u003cbr\u003efollowing each trip to the hospital, he draws upon his skills as a   petty\u003cbr\u003eforger, and reinvents a new identity for himself.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Contortionist¹s Handbook\u003c\/em\u003e is about the lengths people will go to   in order\u003cbr\u003eto protect themselves from others and ultimately from   themselves.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e        ","brand":"Watkins Media","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50079516721392,"sku":"9781915523365","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781915523365","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}