{"product_id":"book-gsi3","title":"The Blind Accordionist","description":"In the novel \u003ci\u003eWho's Who When Everyone Is Someone Else\u003c\/i\u003e, the character \"C. D. Rose\" (not to be confused with the author C. D. Rose) searches an unnamed middle-European city for the long-lost manuscript of a little-known writer named Maxim Guyavitch. That search was fruitless, but in \u003ci\u003eThe Blind Accordionist\u003c\/i\u003e, \"C. D. Rose\" has found the manuscript—nine sparkling, fable-like short stories—and he presents them here with an (hilarious) introduction explaining the discovery, and an afterword providing (hilarious) critical commentary on the stories, and what they might reveal about the mysterious Guyavitch.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Blind Accordionist\u003c\/i\u003e is another masterful book of world-making by the real C. D. Rose, absorbing in its mix of intelligence and light-heartedness, and its ultimate celebration of literature itself. It is the third novel in the series about \"C. D. Rose,\" although the reader does not need to have read the previous two books. (The first in the series was \u003ci\u003eThe Biographical Dictionary of Literary Failure\u003c\/i\u003e; the second was \u003ci\u003eWho's Who When Everyone Is Someone Else\u003c\/i\u003e.)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLike those books, \u003ci\u003eThe Blind Accordionist\u003c\/i\u003e can be read both as a simple but wonderful collection of quirky stories, and as comedy—or as a beautiful and moving elegy on the nobility of writers wanting to be read.","brand":"Highbridge Audio","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49356616204592,"sku":"BDgsi3","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio CD","offer_id":49356616270128,"sku":"ZEgsi3","price":35.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio MP3-CD","offer_id":49356616302896,"sku":"ZMgsi3","price":45.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/gsi3-cover.jpg?v=1765867148","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-gsi3","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}