{"product_id":"april-fools-day-9780060583989","title":"April Fool's Day","description":"\u003cp\u003eIvan Dolinar is born in Tito's Yugoslavia on April Fool's Day, 1948 -- the auspicious beginning of a life that will be derailed by backfiring good intentions in a world of propaganda and paranoia. At age nineteen, an innocent prank cuts the young Croatian's budding medical career short and lands him in a notorious labor camp. Released on the eve of civil war, Ivan is drafted into the wrong army, becoming a pawn in an absurd conflict in which the rules and loyalties shift abruptly and without warning. But even in a world gone mad, one course of action remains eminently sane: survival.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTold with bitingly dark humor and a deep tenderness, \u003cem\u003eApril Fool's Day\u003c\/em\u003e is both a devastating political satire and a razor-sharp parody of war.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNovakovich, Josip:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eJosip Novakovich's stories have appeared in many publications, including \u003cem\u003eThe Paris Review, TriQuarterly, \u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003ePloughshares\u003c\/em\u003e. He teaches at Pennsylvania State University and lives near State College, Pennsylvania.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Perennial","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50459886223634,"sku":"9780060583989","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_8fe246db-8f1b-4ee1-969b-a3449bb64888.jpg?v=1730011743","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/april-fools-day-9780060583989","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}