{"product_id":"lurid-cute-book-adam-thirlwell-9781250081667","title":"Lurid \u0026 Cute","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"The narrator of [\u003ci\u003eLurid \u0026amp; Cute\u003c\/i\u003e] may be Thirlwell's best creation yet.\"--Andrew Ervin, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e (Editors' Choice)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eLurid \u0026amp; Cute\u003c\/i\u003e is a simple story of mayhem and ennui, almost a caper, but told with such satisfying ironies and verbal dexterity that everything is Technicolor again. So alive, so inventive, so very good.\"--Joshua Ferris\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eLurid \u0026amp; Cute\u003c\/i\u003e takes place in the suburbs of a giant city, where our narrator lives at home with his parents, together with his wife and dog. He has had a good education and, until recently, a good job. But then the lurid overtakes him--and whether this transformation is caused by our hero's present unemployment, or his feelings for a girl who is not his wife, or the return of his old friend Hiro, it's hard to say. What's definite is that it sets off a chain of events that feels, to those inside it, narcotic and neurotic, like one long and terrible descent--complete with lies, deceit, and chicanery: one orgy, one brothel, and a series of firearms disputes.\u003c\/p\u003e firearms disputes.firearms disputes.firearms disputes.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49589105492241,"sku":"GOR010812061","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50377799074065,"sku":"CIN1250081661G","price":3.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ WELL_READ \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":51545554288913,"sku":"GOR014323616","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1250081661.jpg?v=1751456455","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/products\/lurid-cute-book-adam-thirlwell-9781250081667","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}