{"product_id":"chinese-takeout-turtleback-school-library","title":"Chinese Takeout (Turtleback School \u0026 Library)","description":"\u003ctable align=\"center\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\"\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"productDetailSmallElements\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher Marketing\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tFrom the author of the cult classic The Fuck-Up comes a vicious new tale of art, drugs, love, and death on the Lower East Side. Orloff Trenchant is a painter who sells books on West 4th Street in Manhattan and is obsessed with mastering his craft. Desperate for cash, Or agrees to take a commission no one else will touch: he has three weeks to carve a headstone for a recently deceased restaurateur -- a Chinese takeout box. As Or attempts to make his deadline, he navigates among a toxic mix of fellow artists, struggling gallery owners, bloodsucking art dealers, his politically active friends, and a haunting addict poet whose life is more out of control than Or's own. Nersesian's prose is sparkling and hypnotic in this brutal and comic story that will make you wonder if life and art are two different things.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Nersesian, Arthur\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Turtleback Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding:\u003c\/b\u003e Prebound-Sewn\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePub Date:\u003c\/b\u003e 2003-08-01\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC:\u003c\/b\u003e Fiction|General\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSubjects:\u003c\/b\u003e Artists|New York (State)|New York|New York (N.Y.)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781417701209\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eASIN:\u003c\/b\u003e -\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSKU:\u003c\/b\u003e SP-9781417701209\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Turtleback Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52147469910297,"sku":"SP-9781417701209","price":34.45,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/westbindery.com\/products\/chinese-takeout-turtleback-school-library","provider":"West Bindery","version":"1.0","type":"link"}