{"product_id":"confidence-man","title":"Confidence-Man","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eConfidence-Man\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eHerman Melville\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9780375758027\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eRandom House Publishing Group\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2003\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003ePaperback\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdition: \u003c\/b\u003eModern Library\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eClean, unmarked copy with some edge wear. Good binding. Dust jacket included if issued with one. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003e\"In \u003ci\u003eThe Confidence-Man\u003c\/i\u003e,\" writes John Bryant in his Introduction, \"Melville found a way to render our tragic sense of self and society through the comic strategies of the confidence game. He puts the reader in the game to play its parts and to contemplate the inconsistencies of its knaves and fools.\" Set on a Mississippi steamer on April Fool's Day and populated by a series of shape-shifting con men, \u003ci\u003eThe Confidence-Man\u003c\/i\u003e is a challenging metaphysical and ethical exploration of antebellum American society. Set from the first American edition of 1857, this Modern Library paperback includes an Appendix with Bryant's innovative \"fluid text\" analysis of early manuscript fragments from Melville's novel.\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Random House Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Confidence-Man | Herman Melville | Paperback | 9780375758027 | Used: Very Good | Fiction 1637047","offer_id":50705470456066,"sku":"1637047","price":21.04,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0609\/3327\/5906\/files\/61gGmJRZyUL.jpg?v=1791652280","url":"https:\/\/boswellsbooks.com\/products\/confidence-man","provider":"Boswell's Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}