Chinese Takeout by Arthur Nersesian

Chinese Takeout by Arthur Nersesian

From 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.

Arthur Nersesian was born and raised in New York City. He earned his masters degree in English at City College and has taught writing in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, the South Bronx, and is currently teaching in Jackson Heights, Queens. Nersesian has published ten novels, including Suicide Casanova, Mesopotamia, and his best-selling cult classic, The Fuck-Up. He is currently finishing his multivolume epic, The Five Books of Moses.

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ISBN 13	9780060548827
ISBN 10	0060548827
Title	Chinese Takeout
Author	Arthur Nersesian
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	HarperCollins Publishers Inc
Year published	2003-07-29
Number of pages	304
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