{"product_id":"mefisto","title":"Mefisto","description":"\u003ch1\u003eMefisto\u003c\/h1\u003eJohn Banville,John Banville\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: David R. Godine Publisher\u003cbr\u003eMarch 10 2026\u003cbr\u003eEAN: 9781567928471\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 1567928471\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eItems marked as \u003cb\u003eWAREHOUSE\u003c\/b\u003e may take additional time to be delivered to your address or picked up in the store.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSynopsis: \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A novel of virtuosic scope.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA Faustian fever dream of numbers, knowledge, and the darkness that lurks beyond comprehension. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eGabriel Swan is a math prodigy obsessed with the idea of order. He sees the world not in words, but in numbers. Compelled to find the elusive code behind life itself, he plunges into a search for absolute meaning. But when he meets Felix--a charismatic, otherworldly stranger who seems to hold the answers--Gabriel's journey takes a darker turn. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHe becomes involved with a mesmerizing trio formed by sad, obese Mr. Kasperl, who is like someone \"from a country where no one else lived\"; lovely, mute Sophie; and the Mephistophelian Felix, whose appearances always foretoken disaster. In an abandoned mansion, their changing relations, and Gabriel's quest for a \"formula that will reduce the disorder of common things\u003cbr\u003eto an equation,\" slowly and inevitably land him in his own private season in Hell. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eInspired by the legend of Faust, \u003ci\u003eMefisto\u003c\/i\u003e is a dazzling, philosophical novel about genius, obsession, and the limits of rationality. With his trademark prose--elegant, luminous, and hypnotic--Banville transforms myth into a haunting study of human fragility and the borders of reality.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"27th Letter Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67392773783597,"sku":"WHS-d603c8f01d95437ca158b233e88598a5","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0673\/3588\/0749\/files\/original_3156ba2c-85a4-44e0-9d58-e1dc3c15e9e1.jpg?v=1787367832","url":"https:\/\/27thletterbooks.com\/products\/mefisto","provider":"27th Letter Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}