{"product_id":"the-benefactor-9780312420123","title":"The Benefactor","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Susan Sontag\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Picador USA\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Picador USA\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Literary\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Benefactor\u003c\/i\u003e, Susan Sontag's first book and first novel, originally published in 1963, introduced a unique writer to the world. In the form of a memoir by a latter-day Candide named Hippolyte, \u003ci\u003eThe Benefactor\u003c\/i\u003e leads us on a kind of psychic Grand Tour, in which Hippolyte's violently imaginative dream life becomes indistinguishable from his surprising experiences in the 'real world.' Sontag's novel supplies a fascinating, knowing, acerbic portrait of a certain bohemian demimonde that flourished in France until quite recently. More important, \u003ci\u003eThe Benefactor \u003c\/i\u003eis a novel about ideas-especially religious ideas-unlike any other: funny, acrobatic, disturbing, profound.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Picador USA","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45117106389143,"sku":"9780312420123","price":1587.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780312420123.webp?v=1767272518","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-benefactor-9780312420123","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}