{"product_id":"the-music-of-chance-9780140154078","title":"The Music of Chance","description":"\u003cb\u003eAn \"exceptional\" (\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e) tale of fate, loyalty, responsibility, and the real meaning of freedom, from the author of the forthcoming \u003ci\u003e4 3 2 1: A Novel\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eA finalist for the PEN\/Faulkner Award\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis \"rich and dazzling\" (\u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e) novel follows Jim Nashe who, after squandering an unexpected inheritance, picks up a young gambler named Jack Pozzi hoping to con two millionaires. But when their plans backfire, Jim and Jack are indentured by their elusive marks and are forced to build a meaningless wall with bricks gathered from ruins of an Irish castle. Time passes, their debts mount, and anger builds as the two struggle to dig themselves out of their Kafkaesque serfdom. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003eNew York \u003c\/i\u003eTimes-bestselling author Paul Auster (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Trilogy)\u003c\/i\u003e brings us back into his strange, shape-shifting world of fiendish bargains and punitive whims, where chance is a powerful yet unpredictable force.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Penguin Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/01\/1991\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780140154078\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.39lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.88h x 5.04w x 0.61d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/08\/1991\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/04\/2008 pg. 36\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Paul Auster","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43838655398069,"sku":"9780140154078","price":13.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_1105a8b7-f950-4066-a9f7-e3167db25388.jpg?v=1712026769","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-music-of-chance-9780140154078","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}