{"product_id":"king-queen-knave-9780679723400","title":"King, Queen, Knave","description":"\u003cb\u003eA love triangle, where two of the members attempt to murder the third. - \u003ci\u003eKing, Queen, Knave\u003c\/i\u003e, like all Nabokov's writing, bears the unmistakable stamp of his genius - brilliant, erotic, deliciously macabre, and wholly unique. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Fascinating...audacious and delightful.\" - The New York Times \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe novel is the story of Dreyer, a wealthy and boisterous proprietor of a men's clothing emporium store. Ruddy, self-satisfied, and thoroughly masculine, he is perfectly repugnant to his exquisite but cold middle-class wife Martha. Attracted to his money but repelled by his oblivious passion, she longs for their nephew instead, the myopic Franz. Newly arrived in Berlin, Franz soon repays his uncle's condescension in his aunt's bed. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A simply overflowing sense of life.\" - Life Magazine \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A treat, a feast, the splendid work of a conscious and gifted artist.\" - Book Week\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Vintage\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/17\/1989\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780679723400\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.98h x 5.24w x 0.67d","brand":"Vladimir Nabokov","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43150261682357,"sku":"9780679723400","price":13.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_af630dfd-2232-4ce8-950c-93d3ab120f03.jpg?v=1696344816","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/king-queen-knave-9780679723400","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}