{"product_id":"nightmare-alley","title":"Nightmare Alley","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eOne of the twentieth century's most darkly beautiful works of crime fiction a story of carny life, spiritualism, and a con man of merciless resolve.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNightmare Alley \u003c\/i\u003ebegins with an extraordinary description of a freak-show geek alcoholic  and abject and the object of the voyeuristic crowd s gleeful disgust and derision 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 s no way in hell, he vows, that anything  like that will ever happen to him.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd since Stan is clever and ambitious and not  without a useful streak of ruthlessness, soon enough he 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 s for the taking. At least  for now.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Buchserien.de","offers":[{"title":"Neuware","offer_id":53844107231570,"sku":"9781590173480","price":17.5,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0615\/7002\/3593\/files\/unnamed_7462e7ca-8504-402a-a843-1c6c5f528225.jpg?v=1782463025","url":"https:\/\/www.buchserien.de\/products\/nightmare-alley","provider":"Buchserien.de","version":"1.0","type":"link"}