{"product_id":"ubermensch-hardcover","title":"Übermensch - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eD. L. Scarpe\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"A murdered boy. Tortoiseshell eyeglasses. \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cem\u003eA letter written by one young man to another \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003ethat reads like a lover's spat. \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eOne portable Underwood typewriter. \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eTwo confessions.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eWill Babe and Manny live or die?\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt's the early 1920s and arrogant teenagers Noah \"Babe\" Lieberman and Roman \"Manny\" Loewe have it all: money, brains, freedom. They reside in the same affluent Chicago neighborhood, come from successful, respectable families, and enjoy privileged lives. Both are intelligent prodigies who graduated high school early. But Roman, an extrovert, is handsome and popular whereas Noah is average-looking and spends most of his time with birds and books. After meeting, they embark on a wild journey of vandalism, burglary, and arson. Their personal relationship escalates, and their criminal acts morph into more sinister behavior as the two flout the laws of the \"common\" man and live their version of the \u003cem\u003eÜbermensch\u003c\/em\u003e, or \"superman\" as defined by Friedrich Nietzsche.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne hundred years ago, the world was stunned to learn that Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb, two wealthy, brilliant university students, had confessed to kidnapping and murdering fourteen-year-old Bobby Franks. Why did Leopold and Loeb do it? For \"pure love of excitement, or the imaginary love of thrills, doing something different,\" they said.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eD.L. Scarpe's \u003cem\u003eÜbermensch\u003c\/em\u003e fictionalizes the Leopold and Loeb case, focusing on the reason why the gifted teenagers' lives took such an unexpected turn, destroyed three families, and captivated the country in what was dubbed at the time as the \"crime of the century.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n        \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 310\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.81 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 15, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42733724631103,"sku":"9781963844733","price":44.9,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/3cc17bbc1ce94b8e25d49dd4cd914505.webp?v=1765137115","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/ubermensch-hardcover","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}