{"product_id":"9781590173480","title":"Nightmare Alley","description":"\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor\/Contributor(s):\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eGresham, William Lindsay; Tosches, Nick\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eNYRB Classics\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDate:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e4\/6\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003ePaperback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eNEW\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNow a major motion picture from Academy Award–winning director Guillermo del Toro and starring Bradley Cooper, Cate Blanchett, Rooney Mara, and Toni Collette\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNominated for 4 Oscars, including Best Picture\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNightmare Alley \u003c\/i\u003ebegins with an extraordinary description of a carnival-show geek—alcoholic  and abject and the object of the voyeuristic crowd’s gleeful disgust and derision—going  about his work at a county fair. Young Stan Carlisle is working as a carny, and he  wonders how a man could fall so low. There’s no way in hell, he vows, that anything  like that will ever happen to him.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd since Stan is clever and ambitious and not  without a useful streak of ruthlessness, soon enough he’s going places. Onstage he  plays the mentalist with a cute assistant (before long his harried wife), then he graduates  to full-blown spiritualist, catering to the needs of the rich and gullible in their  well-upholstered homes. It looks like the world is Stan’s for the taking. At least  for now.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"NYRB Classics","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42378181345535,"sku":"9781590173480","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0452\/0886\/2873\/files\/9781590173480_s600x595.jpg?v=1775590796","url":"https:\/\/massivebookshop.com\/products\/9781590173480","provider":"MASSIVE BOOKSHOP","version":"1.0","type":"link"}