{"product_id":"picture-this-9780684868196","title":"Picture This","description":"Picture this: Rembrandt is creating his famous painting of Aristotle contemplating the bust of Homer. As soon as he paints an ear on Aristotle, Aristotle can hear. When he paints an eye, Aristotle can see. And what Aristotle sees and hears and remembers from the ancient past to this very moment provides the foundation for this lighthearted, freewheeling jaunt through 2,500 years of Western Civilization. \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003ePicture This\u003c\/i\u003e is an incisive fantasy that digs deeply into our illusions and customs. Nobody but Joseph Heller could have thought of a novel like this one. Nobody but Heller could have executed it so brilliantly.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHeller, Joseph:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Joseph Heller was born in Brooklyn in 1923. In 1961, he published \u003ci\u003eCatch-22\u003c\/i\u003e, which became a bestseller and, in 1970, a film. He went on to write such novels as \u003ci\u003eGood as Gold, God Knows, Picture This, Closing Time\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003ePortrait of an Artist, as an Old Man\u003c\/i\u003e. Heller died in 1999.","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50692798972178,"sku":"9780684868196","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_9bd57264-2be0-44ca-82eb-e1e39a3fb32c.jpg?v=1734134312","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/picture-this-9780684868196","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}