{"product_id":"manhattan-transfer-9780618381869","title":"Manhattan Transfer","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eConsidered by many to be John Dos Passos's greatest work, \u003ci\u003eManhattan Transfer\u003c\/i\u003e is an \"expressionistic picture of New York\" (\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e) in the 1920s that reveals the lives of wealthy power brokers and struggling immigrants alike. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom Fourteenth Street to the Bowery, Delmonico's to the underbelly of the city waterfront, Dos Passos chronicles the lives of characters struggling to become a part of modernity before they are destroyed by it. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A novel of the very first importance\" (Sinclair Lewis), \u003ci\u003eManhattan Transfer\u003c\/i\u003e is a masterpiece of modern fiction and a lasting tribute to the dual-edged nature of the American dream.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDos Passos, John:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJohn Dos Passos\u003c\/strong\u003e (1896-1970) was a writer, painter, and political activist. His service as an ambulance driver in Europe at the end of World War I led him to write \u003cem\u003eThree Soldiers\u003c\/em\u003e in 1919, the first in a series of works that established him as one of the most prolific, inventive, and influential American writers of the twentieth century, writing over forty books, including plays, poetry, novels, biographies, histories, and memoirs. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mariner Books Classics","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50642310037778,"sku":"9780618381869","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_d20c0f29-56d0-4dc7-a601-15bb0eac3108.jpg?v=1748527729","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/manhattan-transfer-9780618381869","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}