{"product_id":"9781935554110","title":"Parnassus on Wheels","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=\"\"\u003eMorley, Christopher\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\u003eMelville House\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\u003e8\/31\/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\u003cb\u003eI imagined him in his beloved Brooklyn, strolling in Prospect Park and preaching to chance comers about his gospel of good books.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"When you sell a man a book,\" says Roger Mifflin, the sprite-like book  peddler at the center of this classic novella, \"you don't sell him just  twelve ounces of paper and ink and glue—you sell him a whole new life.\"  In this beguiling but little-known prequel to Christopher Morley's  beloved \u003ci\u003eHaunted Bookshop\u003c\/i\u003e, the \"whole new life\" that the traveling  bookman delivers to Helen McGill, the narrator of \u003ci\u003eParnassus on Wheels\u003c\/i\u003e,  provides the romantic comedy that drives this charming love letter to a  life in books.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Art of The Novella Series\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eToo short to be a novel, too long to be a short story, the novella is generally unrecognized by academics and publishers. Nonetheless, it is a form beloved and practiced by literature's greatest writers. In the Art Of The Novella series, Melville House celebrates this renegade art form and its practitioners with titles that are, in many instances, presented in book form for the first time.","brand":"Melville House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43374231519487,"sku":"9781935554110","price":12.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0452\/0886\/2873\/files\/9781935554110_s600x595.jpg?v=1775598389","url":"https:\/\/massivebookshop.com\/products\/9781935554110","provider":"MASSIVE BOOKSHOP","version":"1.0","type":"link"}