{"product_id":"the-barnum-museum-9781472151070","title":"The Barnum Museum","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Barnum Museum\u003c\/i\u003e is a combination waxworks, masked ball, and circus sideshow masquerading as a collection of short stories. Within its pages, note such sights as: a study of the motives and strategies used by the participants in the game of Clue, including the seduction of Miss Scarlet by Colonel Mustard; the Barnum Museum, a fantastic, monstrous landmark so compelling that an entire town finds its citizens gradually and inexorably disappearing into it; a bored dilettante who constructs an imaginary woman - and loses her to an imaginary man! - and a legendary magician so skilled at sleight-of-hand that he is pursued by police for the crime of erasing the line between the real and the conjured.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eElegantly told, charming stories * New York Times *","brand":"Little, Brown Book Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52084946796887,"sku":"9781472151070","price":20.54,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781472151070.jpg?v=1762207669","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-barnum-museum-9781472151070","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}