{"product_id":"f-by-daniel-kehlmann","title":"'F' by Daniel Kehlmann","description":"\u003ch4 data-end=\"270\" data-start=\"0\"\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eAfter a childhood encounter with a hypnotist, the Friedland brothers scatter into adulthood as variations on imposture.\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"270\" data-start=\"0\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eOne becomes a priest who does not believe, one an artist trapped inside fakery and ambition, one a financier whose numbers may not add up. Daniel Kehlmann’s \u003cem data-end=\"33\" data-start=\"30\"\u003eF\u003c\/em\u003e is a sly, formally neat little trap, he keeps it sharp and strange rather than heavy. One might say it's even slightly cursed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"270\" data-start=\"0\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eDaniel Kehlmann is one of contemporary German-language fiction’s sharpest operators best known for \u003cem data-start=\"113\" data-end=\"134\"\u003eMeasuring the World. \u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem data-start=\"244\" data-end=\"247\"\u003eF\u003c\/em\u003e is very much in that line: clever, controlled, funny in a bleak little European way, and built around fraud, faith and family mythology. Good for readers who like European fiction with clean sentences, moral rot, and a metaphysical little knife slipped between the ribs.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"270\" data-start=\"0\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-end=\"814\" data-start=\"786\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHardback first American edition, published by Pantheon in 2014. Translated from the German by Carol Brown Janeway. Very good condition overall, with light shelf wear to the cover and edges.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"bower studio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44664316297299,"sku":null,"price":21.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0689\/0268\/2707\/files\/Yourparagraphtext-2026-05-27T163202.637.png?v=1779863551","url":"https:\/\/bowerbooks.com\/products\/f-by-daniel-kehlmann","provider":"bower books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}