{"product_id":"the-threat-by-nathaniel-stein-9781684429707","title":"The Threat","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Mr. Melvin Levin, I'm going to kill you.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Threat\u003c\/i\u003e tells the darkly comic story of Melvin Levin, a middle-aged man who is dissatisfied with his dull and mediocre life. That is, until he receives a mysterious death threat in the mail.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTerrified at first, Levin soon becomes accustomed to the threat—and then, increasingly, delighted with it, thrilled with his newfound importance as a \"threatened man.\" But as his obsession with maintaining this identity becomes all-consuming, he risks blinding himself to the twin dangers of the threat itself and—perhaps worse—his own deranged mind.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAt once absurdist, moving, and savagely funny, \u003ci\u003eThe Threat\u003c\/i\u003e is a timeless parable of the comic lengths to which people go to protect the delusions that validate them.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46868973945068,"sku":"9781684429707","price":37.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/20000343482787.jpg?v=1759779125","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.pro\/products\/the-threat-by-nathaniel-stein-9781684429707","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}