{"product_id":"morphine-9780811221689","title":"Morphine","description":"Young Dr. Bromgard has come to a small country town to assume a new practice. No sooner has he arrived than he receives word that a colleague, Dr. Polyakov, has fallen gravely ill. Before Bromgard can go to his friend's aid, Polyakov is brought to his practice in the middle of the night with a self-inflicted gunshot wound, and, barely conscious, gives Bromgard his journal before dying. What Bromgard uncovers in the entries is Polyakov's uncontrollable and merciless descent into morphine addiction -- his first injection to ease his back pain, the thrill of the drug as it overtakes him, the looming signs of addiction, and the feverish final entries before his death.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAplin, Hugh:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Hugh Aplin has translated works by Mikhail Bulgakov, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Ivan Turgenev, and Anton Chekhov.\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBulgakov, Mikhail Afanasevich:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003eMikhail Bulgakov\u003c\/strong\u003e (1891-1940) was a Russian author and playwright -- one of the few writers allowed to publish during the Stalin era. His works include \u003cem\u003eThe Master and Margarita\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eHeart of a Dog\u003c\/em\u003e, and the biography, \u003cem\u003eLife of Mr. de Moliere\u003c\/em\u003e.","brand":"New Directions Publishing Corporation","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50656059195666,"sku":"9780811221689","price":8.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_b68bffe2-bf16-4597-a4cb-22844f1993ff.jpg?v=1733383729","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/morphine-9780811221689","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}