{"product_id":"mefisto","title":"Mefisto","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eMefisto\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eJohn Banville\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9781567928471\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eDavid R. Godine, Publisher\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2026\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003ePaperback\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber of Pages: \u003c\/b\u003e233\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eNew from the publisher\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A dark and glittering parable of ambition and ruin.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA Faustian fever dream of numbers, knowledge, and the darkness that lurks beyond comprehension. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eGabriel Swan is a gifted mathematician who sees the world not in words, but in numbers. Compelled to find the elusive code behind life itself, he plunges into a search for absolute meaning. But when he meets Felix--a charismatic, otherworldly stranger who seems to hold the answers--Gabriel's journey takes a darker turn. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs Gabriel's intellectual pursuits give way to emotional chaos, he finds himself at the mercy of strange encounters, physical ruin, and moral confusion. Is Felix a savior, a devil, or merely a mirror of Gabriel's own unraveling? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eInspired by the legend of Faust, \u003ci\u003eMefisto\u003c\/i\u003e is a dazzling, philosophical novel about genius, obsession, and the limits of rationality. With his trademark prose--elegant, luminous, and hypnotic--Banville transforms myth into a haunting study of human fragility and the borders of reality.\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"David R. Godine, Publisher","offers":[{"title":"Mefisto | John Banville | Paperback | 9781567928471 | New | Fiction 1702806","offer_id":50831397814530,"sku":"1702806","price":38.92,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0609\/3327\/5906\/files\/51Cch8z_rGL.jpg?v=1792595603","url":"https:\/\/boswellsbooks.com\/products\/mefisto","provider":"Boswell's Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}