{"product_id":"the-card-9780241255544","title":"The Card","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Arnold Bennett\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Books Ltd\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eOne of fiction's greatest chancers - the story of Denry Machin and his unceasing, ingenious efforts to become a great man\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSet in the raw, Victorian world of the 'Five Towns', \u003ci\u003eThe Card \u003c\/i\u003etells the extremely funny and tangled story of Denry Machin's rise from mediocrity to fame through a series of ludicrous and yet perversely successful schemes. He dances, pleads, cheats and inspires his way through life in a series of set-pieces which wonderfully evoke a now long-gone world of civic balls, seaside excursions, newspaper boys and patent chocolate remedies. As everybody said after one of his most stylish coups, Denry 'was not simply a card; he was \u003ci\u003ethe \u003c\/i\u003ecard.'\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Books Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45086870339735,"sku":"9780241255544","price":325.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780241255544.webp?v=1767639643","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-card-9780241255544","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}