{"product_id":"9781935248095","title":"Monster: Oil on Canvas","description":"\u003cp\u003e“Marvelously original. . . . Zlotsky has done for conjoined twins what Günter Grass did for midgets in \u003ci\u003eThe Tin Drum\u003c\/i\u003e. . . . A weirdly hilarious Russian fairytale composed with the comedic zeal of Gogol and the rhetorical brilliance of Nabokov.”—Lee Siegel, author of \u003ci\u003eLove in a Dead Language\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Pure joy in language. . . . Nabokov’s \u003ci\u003ePale Fire\u003c\/i\u003e mated with \u003ci\u003eFinnegan’s Wake\u003c\/i\u003e.” —Michael Drout, PhD, language scholar\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMeet Alex and Alex, as compelling a Russian portrait as the two sides of Raskolnikov. He is—or they are—a dark-caped anti-hero, conjoined twins stalking, counterfeiting, fleeing the iron curtain, delightfully innocent, seeking what everyone seeks: love, hope, and redemption.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Leapfrog Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47050757701872,"sku":"9781935248095","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781935248095_p0.jpg?v=1763656407","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781935248095","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}