{"product_id":"nightmare-alley-new-york-review-books-paperback","title":"Nightmare Alley (New York Review Books (Paperback))","description":"\u003cp\u003eOne of the twentieth centurys most darkly beautiful works of crime fiction\u0026amp;;a story of carny life, spiritualism, and a con man of merciless resolve.Nightmare Alley begins with an extraordinary description of a freak-show geek\u0026amp;;alcoholic and abject and the object of the voyeuristic crowd\u0026amp;;s gleeful disgust and derision\u0026amp;;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\u0026amp;;s no way in hell, he vows, that anything like that will ever happen to him.And since Stan is clever and ambitious and not without a useful streak of ruthlessness, soon enough he\u0026amp;;s going places. Onstage he plays the mentalist with a cute bimbo (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\u0026amp;;s for the taking. At least for now.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"New York Review of Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45885314040006,"sku":"DADAX1590173481","price":20.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0695\/9389\/1014\/files\/814KfKlGLlL.jpg?v=1779860334","url":"https:\/\/ergodemedia.com\/products\/nightmare-alley-new-york-review-books-paperback","provider":"Ergodemedia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}