{"product_id":"the-gambler-9780393316490","title":"The Gambler","description":"Its story of passion and despair is based on Dostoevsky's own experience as a compulsive gambler--but Dostoevsky was able to break away, whereas Alexei vows to quit as soon as he breaks even--an event, it is clear, that will never happen.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Like so many other characters in Dostoeveky's novels, Alexei is trying to break through the wall of the established order and the human condition itself. But instead he is drawn into the roulette wheel's vortex.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDostoevsky, Fyodor:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003eFyodor Dostoevsky\u003c\/strong\u003e wrote \u003cem\u003eThe Brothers Karamazov\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eCrime and Punishment\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Idiot\u003c\/em\u003e, and many other novels.","brand":"W. W. Norton \u0026 Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50410920411410,"sku":"9780393316490","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_96f42677-1d1b-4f13-b1df-64155baec551.jpg?v=1737111192","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-gambler-9780393316490","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}