{"product_id":"the-end-of-the-road-john-barth-9781628971576","title":"The End of the Road","description":"\u003cp\u003eAs young Jake Horner's mind became an increasingly paralyzing cobweb of dark thoughts, he turned for help to an extraordinary doctor-part saint, part evil-genius, a weird combination of faith healer, magician, and devil. And in so doing Jake found himself following a drastic prescription that was to draw him into a strange, compulsive relationship.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is around the startling results of Jake Horner's \"cure\" and its amazing mastermind-a doctor almost surely designed to become one of the most remarkable characters in modern fiction-that this brilliant, imaginative novel hinges. John Barth is a young writer of unusual talent whose uncanny insight into the dark mazes of the human mind has given The End of the Road a haunting and troubling reality.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e John Barth\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1628971576\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781628971576\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Dalkey Archive Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/12\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 188\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.40w x 0.60d","brand":"John Barth","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47039745032447,"sku":"9781628971576","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_50a1256d-7581-404b-afed-946c0d2e3ac8.jpg?v=1752752434","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-end-of-the-road-john-barth-9781628971576","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}