{"product_id":"mefisto-book-john-banville-9781567920970","title":"Mefisto","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA dark and glittering parable of ambition and ruin.--\u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\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 gifted mathematician who 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 \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs Gabriel's intellectual pursuits give way to emotional chaos, he finds himself at the mercy of strange encounters, physical ruin, and moral confusion. Is Felix a savior, a devil, or merely a mirror of Gabriel's own unraveling? \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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49613030293777,"sku":"GOR001512761","price":14.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":49967828009233,"sku":"CIN1567920977G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50764394823953,"sku":"CIN1567920977VG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ WELL_READ \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":51075319070993,"sku":"GOR013464218","price":7.69,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1567920977.jpg?v=1750830366","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/en-ie\/products\/mefisto-book-john-banville-9781567920970","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}