{"product_id":"oliver-vii","title":"Oliver VII","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe bored young ruler of an idyllic Central European country plots a coup against himself and escapes to Venice in search of 'real' experience. There he falls in with a team of ambitious con-men and ends up, to his own surprise, impersonating himself. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this wonderfully droll tale the king's journey through successive levels of illusion and reality teaches him much about the world, his foreordained role in it, and himself. Once again Szerb's gentle irony is brought to bear on some uncomfortable paradoxes of self and the human condition. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSzerb belongs with the master novelists of the twentieth century Paul Bailey, \u003ci\u003eDaily Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePushkin Collection editions feature a spare, elegant series style and superior, durable components. The Collection is typeset in Monotype Baskerville, litho-printed on Munken Premium White Paper and notch-bound by the independently owned printer TJ International in Padstow. The covers, with French flaps, are printed on Colorplan Pristine White Paper. Both paper and cover board are acid-free and Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) certified.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"sb-details\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublished:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 204\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Steerforth Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9781908968395\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Steerforth Press","offers":[{"title":"Very Good — £567.78","offer_id":47919035646129,"sku":"SB-1908968397-C2","price":567.78,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0618\/2669\/5345\/files\/1908968397.jpg?v=1789707837","url":"https:\/\/sellbooks.co.uk\/products\/oliver-vii","provider":"Sell Books .co.uk","version":"1.0","type":"link"}