{"product_id":"the-fool-of-new-york-city-9781621640738","title":"The Fool of New York City","description":"\u003cp\u003eSet in present day Manhattan, \u003ci\u003eThe Fool of New York City\u003c\/i\u003e is the tale of two souls who are considered to be fools and idiots in the eyes of most people they encounter.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne is a literal giant, the other an amnesiac who believes he is the seventeenth-century Spanish painter Francisco de Goya, hundreds of years old, aging more slowly than the rest of the human race. Billy the giant briefly suffered from amnesia years ago, and he understands the anguish of those who have lost their identity. He is an apparently simple person, a failed basketball player with an enormous good heart, who takes Francisco under his wing after they meet through a seeming coincidence. Together they undertake the search to discover Francisco's true past.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe quest leads them on numerous adventures and into the shrouded realm of hidden memories and the mysterious dimensions of the mind. It is a journey into the ironies and the complexities of human character and destiny.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMichael D. O'Brien\u003c\/b\u003e, iconographer, painter, and writer, is the popular author of many best-selling novels including \u003ci\u003eFather Elijah\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eStrangers and Sojourners\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eElijah in Jerusalem\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Father's Tale\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eEclipse of the Sun\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSophia House\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Lighthouse\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eIsland of the World\u003c\/i\u003e. His novels have been translated into twelve languages and widely reviewed in both secular and religious media in North America and Europe.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Ignatius Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50360907628818,"sku":"9781621640738","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_144d6b7b-e9c5-40de-8d47-d65d52c49ac8.jpg?v=1728367337","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-fool-of-new-york-city-9781621640738","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}