(Mono C#) Create more Complex JSON Document

Sample code to create the following JSON document:

    {  
        "Title": "The Cuckoo's Calling",  
        "Author": "Robert Galbraith",  
        "Genre": "classic crime novel",  
        "Detail": {  
            "Publisher": "Little Brown",  
            "Publication_Year": 2013,  
            "ISBN-13": 9781408704004,  
            "Language": "English",  
            "Pages": 494  
        },  
        "Price": [  
            {  
                "type": "Hardcover",  
                "price": 16.65  
            },  
            {  
                "type": "Kindle Edition",  
                "price": 7.00  
            }  
        ]  
    }  

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Chilkat.JsonObject json = new Chilkat.JsonObject();

bool success;

// The only reason for failure in the following lines of code would be an out-of-memory condition..

// An index value of -1 is used to append at the end.
int index = -1;

success = json.AddStringAt(-1,"Title","The Cuckoo's Calling");
success = json.AddStringAt(-1,"Author","Robert Galbraith");
success = json.AddStringAt(-1,"Genre","classic crime novel");

// Let's create the Detail JSON object:
success = json.AddObjectAt(-1,"Detail");
Chilkat.JsonObject detail = json.ObjectAt(json.Size - 1);
success = detail.AddStringAt(-1,"Publisher","Little Brown");
success = detail.AddIntAt(-1,"Publication_Year",2013);
success = detail.AddNumberAt(-1,"ISBN-13","9781408704004");
success = detail.AddStringAt(-1,"Language","English");
success = detail.AddIntAt(-1,"Pages",494);

// Add the array for Price
success = json.AddArrayAt(-1,"Price");
Chilkat.JsonArray aPrice = json.ArrayAt(json.Size - 1);

// Entry entry in aPrice will be a JSON object.

// Append a new/empty ojbect to the end of the aPrice array.
success = aPrice.AddObjectAt(-1);
// Get the object that was just appended.
Chilkat.JsonObject priceObj = aPrice.ObjectAt(aPrice.Size - 1);
success = priceObj.AddStringAt(-1,"type","Hardcover");
success = priceObj.AddNumberAt(-1,"price","16.65");

success = aPrice.AddObjectAt(-1);
priceObj = aPrice.ObjectAt(aPrice.Size - 1);
success = priceObj.AddStringAt(-1,"type","Kindle Edition");
success = priceObj.AddNumberAt(-1,"price","7.00");

json.EmitCompact = false;
Debug.WriteLine(json.Emit());