{"product_id":"i-would-prefer-not-to","title":"I Would Prefer Not To","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Herman Melville\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTitle:\u003c\/b\u003e I Would Prefer Not To\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber Of Pages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRelease Date:\u003c\/b\u003e 2021-10-26\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDetails:\u003c\/b\u003e A new selection of Melville's darkest and most enthralling stories in a beautiful Pushkin Collection edition\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIncludes \"Bartleby, the Scrivener\", \"Benito Cereno\" and \"The Lightning-Rod Man\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA lawyer hires a new copyist, only to be met with stubborn, confounding resistance. A nameless guide discovers hidden worlds of luxury and bleak exploitation. After boarding a beleaguered Spanish slave ship, an American trader's cheerful outlook is repeatedly shadowed by paralyzing unease.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn these stories of the surreal mundanity of office life and obscure tensions at sea, Melville's darkly modern sensibility plunges us into a world of irony and mystery, where nothing is as it first appears.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEAN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781782277460\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePackage Dimensions:\u003c\/b\u003e Height: 6.49 Inches, Length: 4.77 Inches, Weight: 0.81130112416 Pounds, Width: 0.78 Inches\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Herman Melville","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51863306666291,"sku":"9781782277460","price":17.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0949\/3636\/7411\/files\/15475223482822.jpg?v=1754193724","url":"https:\/\/bookabaloo.com\/products\/i-would-prefer-not-to","provider":"Bookabaloo","version":"1.0","type":"link"}