{"product_id":"the-jokers-9781590173251","title":"The Jokers","description":"\u003cp\u003eWho are the jokers?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe jokers are the government, and the biggest joker of all is the governor, a bug-eyed, strutting, rapacious character of unequaled incompetence who presides over the nameless Middle Eastern city where this effervescent comedy by Albert Cossery is set.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe jokers are also the revolutionaries, no less bumbling and no less infatuated with the trappings of power than the government they oppose.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd the jokers are Karim, Omar, Heykal, Urfy, and their friends, free spirits who see the other jokers for the jokers they are and have cooked up a sophisticated and, most important, foolproof plan to enliven public life with a dash of subversive humor.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe joke is on them all.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New York Review of Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/20\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781590173251\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 232\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.41lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.96h x 5.04w x 0.45d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e Best Translated Book Award - Finalist","brand":"Albert Cossery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43096221974709,"sku":"9781590173251","price":12.71,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_7c8984cd-86cd-4d2f-9d22-c6200bd74f92.jpg?v=1692803866","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-jokers-9781590173251","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}