{"product_id":"short-circuit-9780063469167","title":"Short Circuit","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"An act of intricate, puzzle-minded fabulism. Part Italo Calvino and part Ed McBain.\"--Jim Lewis, Author of \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Notable Book \u003ci\u003eGhosts of New York\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"[A] playful literary mystery . . . Fans of Anthony Horowitz will find a lot to like.\" --\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA clever, electrifying puzzle of a novel, inspired by MC Escher's optical illusions, in which two mirrored plots --a man waiting for an electrician and a mafia informant entering witness protection-- delightfully converge.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFranz Escher is waiting for the electrician. His power outlet has a loose connection. To pass the time, he buries himself in a book about a Mafioso-turned-informant Elio Russo. Elio is in jail, awaiting his imminent release into witness protection. He has betrayed so many people that he fears for his life. Unable to sleep, he lies awake at night reading a book about a man named Franz Escher who's waiting for the electrician. His power outlet has a loose connection. . .\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSo begins Wolf Haas's\u003ci\u003e Short Circuit\u003c\/i\u003e, an inventive new take on the detective novel. Styled\u003cbr\u003eafter one of M. C. Escher's impossible drawings, its two stories gradually intertwine only to solve each other, culminating in one final short circuit. A phenomenon after its German\u003cbr\u003epublication, this brilliantly entertaining novel promises to defy all expectation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHaas, Wolf:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWolf Haas\u003c\/strong\u003e was born in 1960 and has received multiple international prizes, including the Bremen Literature Prize, the Wilhelm Raabe Prize, and the Jonathan Swift Prize. His novels include \u003cem\u003eProperty\u003c\/em\u003e, which won the 2024 Erich Kästner Prize; \u003cem\u003eThe Weather Fifteen Years Ago; Defense of the Missionary Position; Young Man\u003c\/em\u003e; as well as nine Detective Brenner crime novels. He lives in Vienna.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harpervia","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52196637442322,"sku":"9780063469167","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_011ad888-db4e-44f2-b796-cecde8e33417.jpg?v=1776155989","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/short-circuit-9780063469167","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}