{"product_id":"celebrations-of-curious-characters","title":"Celebrations of Curious Characters","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eCelebrations of Curious Characters\u003c\/i\u003e cracks open the personal vaults of Ricky Jay?raconteur, historian, and one of the world’s great sleight-of-hand artists?exposing a wonderful world of amusing and arcane knowledge. Adapted from his popular radio series ?Jay’s Journal of the Air,” \u003ci\u003eCelebrations of Curious Characters\u003c\/i\u003e features one-page anecdotes of mind-bending performers (limbless jugglers, banjo-picking birds, Anglo-Texan saxophone-playing siamese twins) paired with engravings, mezzotints, and broadsheets from the author’s remarkable collection. You’ll find engaging vignettes on a daunting variety of topics: musical prodigies, cannon-ball catchers, conmen, card cheats, and performing politicians. Plus, a man who made a model of Lincoln Cathedral out of 1,000,800 bottle corks; a woman continuously pregnant for six-and-a-half years; a theatrical strong man who became the world’s leading Egyptologist; and a healthy number of digressions on time, money, and the argot of thieves.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"McSweeney's","offers":[{"title":"Hardback","offer_id":53391589933329,"sku":"9781936365036","price":26.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.stablebookgroup.com\/products\/celebrations-of-curious-characters","provider":"Stable Book Group","version":"1.0","type":"link"}