{"product_id":"damascus-gate-book-robert-stone-9780684859118","title":"Damascus Gate","description":"A stunning novel by a great American writer. \u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003eJerusalem: home to seekers, heretics, hustlers, and madmen of many faiths. In this most fractious city, a plot unfolds to bomb the sacred Temple Mount. \u003cbr\u003e Christopher Lucas, an expatriate American journalist, stumbles upon the plot while investigating religious fanatics. Entangled in the intrigue are a nightclub singer, an unstable Jewish guru, a strung-out Kabbalist seeking the messiah, and a soldier of fortune routinely found at the world s violent clashes. A confrontation in Gaza, a chase through riot-filled streets, a cat-and-mouse game in an underground maze as Lucas races against time, he uncovers the duplicity and depravity on all sides of Jerusalem s sacred struggle. \u003cbr\u003e An explosive bestseller, \u003ci\u003eDamascus Gate\u003c\/i\u003e lays bare the dangers at the fringes of faith. \u003cbr\u003e A transcendent thriller. \u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Brims over with plots, subplots, and an impressive array of incisively drawn characters . . . The range of [Stone s] knowledge is spectacular. \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Damascus Gate asks enormous questions about cosmic truth and its effect on those who think they own it with intensity, intellectual rigor and abiding morality. \u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003eROBERT STONE is the author of seven novels: \u003ci\u003eA Hall of Mirrors\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDog Soldiers\u003c\/i\u003e (winner of the National Book Award), \u003ci\u003eA Flag for Sunrise\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eChildren of Light\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eOuterbridge Reach\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDamascus Gate\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eBay of Souls\u003c\/i\u003e; as well as two story collections, Pulitzer-finalist \u003ci\u003eBear and His Daughter\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eFun with Problems\u003c\/i\u003e. His memoir, \u003ci\u003ePrime Green\u003c\/i\u003e, was published in 2006. \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49539010560273,"sku":"GOR002854045","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50093180551441,"sku":"CIN0684859114G","price":3.88,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ WELL_READ \/ SBYB","offer_id":50356555972881,"sku":"CIN0684859114A","price":3.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":50643851968785,"sku":"GOR006382619","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":51005560946961,"sku":"NIN9780684859118","price":30.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":51693785055505,"sku":"CIN0684859114VG","price":4.08,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ LIKE_NEW \/ SBYB","offer_id":52864378634513,"sku":"CIN0684859114LN","price":2.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ WELL_READ \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":52882782683409,"sku":"GOR002990476","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0684859114.jpg?v=1751262727","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/products\/damascus-gate-book-robert-stone-9780684859118","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}