{"product_id":"the-trick-9781501155833","title":"The Trick","description":"\u003cb\u003eSweeping between Prague during World War II and modern-day Los Angeles, \u003ci\u003e\"The Trick \u003c\/i\u003eis a lyrical, uplifting, and funny story that will tug at all of your heartstrings\" (Armando Lucas Correa, bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe German Girl\u003c\/i\u003e) that follows a young boy seeking out a cynical, old magician in the hopes that his spells might keep his family together.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn 1934, a rabbi's son in Prague joins a traveling circus, becomes a magician, and rises to fame under the stage name the Great Zabbatini, just as Europe descends into World War II. When Zabbatini is discovered to be a Jew, his battered trunk full of magic tricks becomes his only hope for survival. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSeventy years later in Los Angeles, ten-year-old Max finds a scratched-up LP that captured Zabbatini performing his greatest illusions. But the track in which Zabbatini performs the spell of eternal love--the spell Max believes will keep his parents from getting divorced--is damaged beyond repair. Desperate for a solution, Max seeks out the now elderly, cynical magician and begs him for help. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith gentle wisdom and heartbreaking humor, this is an inventive, deeply moving story about a young boy who needs a miracle, and a disillusioned old man who needs redemption.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBergmann, Emanuel:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Emanuel Bergmann was born in Germany and is a journalist and translator. He has been living in Los Angeles since 1990. His first novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Trick\u003c\/i\u003e, was an international bestseller.","brand":"Atria Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50649040650514,"sku":"9781501155833","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_0efc3683-9582-47dc-bd0d-b2d4557ab42a.jpg?v=1733256143","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-trick-9781501155833","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}