{"product_id":"9781780995984","title":"100 Years of Vicissitude","description":"\"First up, a disclaimer. I suspect I am a dead man. I have meagre proof, no framed- up certification, nothing to toss in a court of law as evidence of a rapid departure from the mortal coil. I recall a gun was involved, pressed up against my skull, and a loud explosion followed.\" Thus begins our narrator in a purgatorial tour through twentieth-century Japanese history, with a ghostly geisha who has seen it all as a guide and a corrupt millionaire as her reluctant companion. Thrown into the milieu are sake, B-29s, Lewis Carroll, Sir Thomas Malory, Melbourne, \"The Wizard of Oz\", and a dirigible - along with the allusion that Red Riding Hood might just be involved.","brand":"Perfect Edge","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46549134049521,"sku":"9781780995984","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0674\/5433\/7265\/files\/9781780995984_p0.jpg?v=1765547853","url":"https:\/\/shop.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781780995984","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble","version":"1.0","type":"link"}