{"product_id":"the-confidence-man-9781573920384","title":"The Confidence Man","description":"Poorly received when first published in 1857, The Confidence Man is now considered Herman Melville's \"most nearly perfect work,\" and one that occupies a central place in the American literary tradition of masquerade and trickery. \u003cbr\u003eSet on April Fool's Day aboard a Mississippi steamer, this powerful and engaging novel, through the conversations of the confidence man (who may be looked on as the Devil or God), explores America and American values. \u003cbr\u003ePart satire, part hoax, The Confidence Man is also a dark look at the nothingness lurking beneath our beliefs and assumptionsa look at a universe in which neither God nor the Devil exists, and where Christianity is only a comforting fiction little better than an April Fool's prank.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Prometheus Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/01\/1995\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781573920384\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 292\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.88lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.52w x 0.67d","brand":"Herman Melville","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52491351752885,"sku":"9781573920384","price":14.41,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_6da72408-9d72-4e07-9add-af9efd335a8f.jpg?v=1777995881","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-confidence-man-9781573920384","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}