{"product_id":"the-fly-swatter-portrait-of-an-exceptional-character-paperback","title":"The Fly Swatter: Portrait of an Exceptional Character - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eNicholas Dawidoff\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cb\u003eThe Fly Swatter\u003c\/b\u003e, Nicholas Dawidoff--bestselling author of \u003cb\u003eThe Catcher Was a Spy\u003c\/b\u003e--vividly reconstructs the life of his grandfather, Alexander Gerschenkron-the Harvard professor who knew the most. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA fascinating character, Gerschenkron feuded with Vladimir Nabokov and John Kenneth Galbraith, flirted with Marlene Dietrich, and played chess with Marcel Duchamp and one-upped both Isiah Berlin and (allegedly) Ted Williams. At Harvard, this celebrated polyglot was known as \"The Great Gerschenkron.\" He was an influential economic theorist who knew twenty languages and so much about so many other things that he was offered chairs in three departments. All this after beginning life with traumatic dramatic escapes from the Bolsheviks (in 1920) and the Nazis (in 1938). Riveting and eloquent, \u003cb\u003eThe Fly Swatter\u003c\/b\u003e's most unusual accomplishment is that it succeeds in telling the extraordinary story of a man's soul.\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn The Fly Swatter, Nicholas Dawidoff--bestselling author of The Catcher Was a Spy--vividly reconstructs the life of his grandfather, Alexander Gerschenkron-the Harvard professor who knew the most. \u003cbr\u003eA fascinating character, Gerschenkron feuded with Vladimir Nabokov and John Kenneth Galbraith, flirted with Marlene Dietrich, and played chess with Marcel Duchamp and one-upped both Isiah Berlin and (allegedly) Ted Williams. At Harvard, this celebrated polyglot was known as \"The Great Gerschenkron.\" He was an influential economic theorist who knew twenty languages and so much about so many other things that he was offered chairs in three departments. All this after beginning life with traumatic dramatic escapes from the Bolsheviks (in 1920) and the Nazis (in 1938). Riveting and eloquent, The Fly Swatter's most unusual accomplishment is that it succeeds in telling the extraordinary story of a man's soul.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eNicholas Dawidoff is the author of \u003cb\u003eThe Catcher was a Spy: The Mysterious Life of Moe Berg\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003eIn the Country of Country: A Journey to the Roots of American Music\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e, \u003c\/i\u003e and is the editor of the Library of America's \u003cb\u003eBaseball: A Literary Anthology\u003c\/b\u003e. He is also a contributor to \u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker, The American Scholar, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e. A graduate of Harvard University, he has been a Guggenheim Fellow and a Berlin Prize Fellow of the American Academy. He and his wife live in New York.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 368\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.77 x 8.01 x 5.13 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 13, 2003\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51987430080813,"sku":"9780375700064","price":17.79,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/M0NWZW9yS01kdENWY3IzVVV4aDhxQT09.webp?v=1776178658","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/the-fly-swatter-portrait-of-an-exceptional-character-paperback","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}