{"product_id":"f","title":"F","description":"From the internationally acclaimed, award-winning author of The Director and Measuring the World, a dazzling tragicomedy about the three sons of a lost father\n\n“Elegant. . . . A subtly yet masterly constructed puzzle cube.” —The New York Times Book Review\n\n“A lollapalooza of a family comedy, diabolically intricate . . . and dryly hilarious.” —San Francisco Chronicle\n\nArthur Friedland is a wannabe writer who one day takes his sons to a performance by the Great Lindemann, Master of Hypnosis. Arthur declares himself immune to hypnosis and a disbeliever in magic. But the Great Lindemann knows better, and after he extracts Arthur’s deepest secrets and tells him to make them real, Arthur empties the family bank account and vanishes. He goes on to become a world-famous author, a master of the mystical. (F is for fake.)\n\nBut what of his abandoned boys? The painfully shy Martin grows up to be a priest without a vocation. (F is for faith, and lack of it.) Eric becomes a financier on the brink of ruin (F is for fraud), while Ivan, hoping for glory as a painter, instead becomes a forger. (F is for forgery, too.) During the summer before the global financial crisis, they are thrown together again with cataclysmic results. Wildly funny and heartbreaking, Daniel Kehlmann’s novel about truth, family, and the terrible power of fortune is a fictional triumph.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 0804171599\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: DBV.0804171599.G\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Kehlmann, Daniel|Janeway, Carol\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: Gently used with minimal wear on the corners and cover. A few pages may contain light highlighting or writing, but the text remains fully legible. Dust jacket may be missing, and supplemental materials like CDs or codes may not be included. May be ex-library with library markings. Ships promptly!  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Dream Books Co.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41892847976506,"sku":"DBV.0804171599.G","price":8.29,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/6011\/0138\/files\/0804171599-0.jpg?v=1793854261","url":"https:\/\/shop.dreambooksco.com\/products\/f","provider":"Dream Books Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}