{"product_id":"a-fakers-dozen-melvin-jules-bukiet-9780393342529","title":"A Faker's Dozen: Stories","description":"The title of Melvin Jules Bukiet's latest collection hints at the deceitful nature of its multiple protagonists. An aspiring writer stalks Vladmir Nabokov across midtown Manhattan one afternoon in the summer of Watergate. A young co-ed's seduction of her elderly philosophy professor delivers her an A and him lasting happiness. Max, \"a liar and a voyeur, like any true artist,\" wanders the East Village taking photographs of murder victims. A famous Holocaust survivor \"with the big eyes and the big prize\" conducts an impromptu circumcision.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Ranging from 1895 Prague to the site of a Central American rebellion to the home of a certain Seattle software magnate to the roof of an urban skyscraper, each of these outrageous (though occasionally tender) stories offers keen insight into human nature.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Melvin Jules Bukiet\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0393342522\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780393342529\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e W. W. Norton \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/01\/2003\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 270\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.76lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.61d","brand":"Melvin Jules Bukiet","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48086553919743,"sku":"9780393342529","price":21.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_f59018cc-9bb8-499e-9a10-5b6c2fe0add5.jpg?v=1769095341","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-fakers-dozen-melvin-jules-bukiet-9780393342529","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}