{"product_id":"9781472151070","title":"The Barnum Museum","description":"Author: Steven Millhauser\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781472151070\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Little Brown\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 01 Oct 2015\u003cbr\u003ePages: 288 \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\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.","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47919461761182,"sku":"ING-9781472151070","price":35.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781472151070.jpg?v=1782812243","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781472151070","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}