{"product_id":"chinese-takeout-9780060548827","title":"Chinese Takeout","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom the author of the cult classic \u003cem\u003eThe Fuck-Up\u003c\/em\u003e comes a vicious new tale of art, drugs, love, and death on the Lower East Side.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOrloff 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.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNersesian'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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNersesian, Arthur:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eArthur Nersesian'\u003c\/strong\u003es other novels include \u003cstrong\u003eThe Fuck-Up, Manhattan Loverboy, Dogrun\u003c\/strong\u003e, and \u003cstrong\u003eSuicide Casanova\u003c\/strong\u003e. He has also written three books of poems and one book of plays. Nersesian was the managing editor of the literary magazine The Portable Lower East Side and was an English teacher at Hostos Community College (C.U.N.Y.) in the South Bronx. He was born and raised in New York City.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Perennial","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50459885732114,"sku":"9780060548827","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_5bd8b75b-b220-4a53-8629-39bf3bcabea8.jpg?v=1730011682","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/chinese-takeout-9780060548827","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}