{"product_id":"the-jokers","title":"The Jokers","description":"\u003cp\u003eWho are the jokers?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe jokers are the government, and the biggest joker of all  is the governor, a bug-eyed, strutting, rapacious character of unequaled incompetence  who presides over the nameless Middle Eastern city where this effervescent comedy  by Albert Cossery is set.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe jokers are also the revolutionaries, no less bumbling  and no less infatuated with the trappings of power than the government they oppose.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd the jokers are Karim, Omar, Heykal, Urfy, and their friends, free spirits who  see the other jokers for the jokers they are and have cooked up a sophisticated and,  most important, foolproof plan to enliven public life with a dash of subversive humor.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe joke is on them all.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51305164472608,"sku":"9781590173251","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0836\/3661\/7504\/files\/9781590173251.jpg?v=1772752058","url":"https:\/\/creativebysanchez.com\/es\/products\/the-jokers","provider":"Creative By Sanchez","version":"1.0","type":"link"}