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His son, Nick, has just recovered after a near-fatal overdose, which means one thing: Rizzo can use Nick's resurrection to create the most compelling television commercial for a gun emporium the world has ever seen. After all, this is America, Rizzo tells himself. Surely anything is possible. But the relationship between father and son is fragile, mired in mutual disappointment. 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His son, Nick, has just recovered after a near-fatal overdose, which means one thing: Rizzo can use Nick's resurrection to create the most compelling television commercial for a gun emporium the world has ever seen. After all, this is America, Rizzo tells himself. Surely anything is possible. But the relationship between father and son is fragile, mired in mutual disappointment. And when the pair embarks on their scheme to avoid bankruptcy, a high-stakes crash of hijinks, hope, and disaster ensues.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Featuring a cast of unforgettable characters and \"honest, high-wire virtuosic writing\" (George Saunders) this razor-sharp social satire \"pays tribute to gallows humorists like Sam Lipsyte, Gary Shteyngart, Jonathan Tropper, and Jonathan Franzen\" (\u003ci\u003eChicago Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e).","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"- \/ - \/ -","offer_id":50994319065361,"sku":"","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":50994320113937,"sku":"NIN9781982196769","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":52085590851857,"sku":"CIN1982196769G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":53564385722641,"sku":"CIN1982196769VG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1982196769.jpg?v=1751316015"},{"product_id":"last-acts-book-alexander-sammartino-9781805337829","title":"Last Acts","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSHORTLISTED FOR THE 2025 BOLLINGER EVERYMAN WODEHOUSE PRIZE FOR COMIC FICTION\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A rollicking satire on contemporary America' \u003c\/b\u003eJames Naughtie\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A magnificently humane book about losers' \u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eIrish Times\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Taut, energetic, tender' \u003c\/b\u003eGeorge Saunders\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Brilliance and originality shine out from every page' \u003c\/b\u003eJenny Offill\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDavid Rizzo has been waiting for a sign from above. Owner of a failing firearms store in a sun-bleached corner of Arizona, he's drowning in debt and desperate for a word from his estranged adult son, Nick. When Nick is brought back from a near-fatal heroin overdose, Rizzo believes there's reason for hope: if Nick can return from the dead, so can his business.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe flailing father-son duo embark on a marketing ploy to create the most compelling television commercial for a gun emporium the world has ever seen. 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