{"product_id":"2026200008173-secondhand-the-man-who-was-b-traven","title":"The Man Who Was B. Traven","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003eCondition: Very Good. Jacket: Dust jacket present, slightly worn\/faded at edges with minor rubbing. Page Condition: Good, slight tanning consistent with age. Markings: No visible markings. Binding: Hardcover, binding appears solid with no loose pages. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne of literature's greatest mysteries — the true identity of B. Traven, author of The Treasure of the Sierra Madre — is the subject of this compelling investigative biography. BBC journalist Will Wyatt chronicles his determined quest to uncover the man behind one of the twentieth century's most deliberately obscured literary personas, a figure who went to extraordinary lengths to conceal his origins, nationality, and real name. Drawing on years of meticulous research across multiple continents, Wyatt presents compelling evidence that Traven was in fact the German anarchist and actor Ret Marut, a revelation that illuminates both the man and the political passions that drove his remarkable fiction. Authoritative and gripping in equal measure, the book reads with the momentum of a detective thriller, reconstructing a life hidden by design and shrouded in deliberate contradiction. It stands as a landmark work in literary detection and remains the definitive account of one of the most fascinating cases of authorial self-invention in modern literature.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48956304851163,"sku":"2026200008173-SECONDHAND","price":20.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/b374db72-309f-45fa-baef-8a51b084df6c.png?v=1783499458","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026200008173-secondhand-the-man-who-was-b-traven","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}