{"product_id":"lurid-cute-paperback-1","title":"Lurid \u0026 Cute - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAdam Thirlwell\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\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\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\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\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\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\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAdam Thirlwell\u003c\/b\u003e was born in London in 1978. He is the author of the novels \u003ci\u003ePolitics\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Escape\u003c\/i\u003e; the novella \u003ci\u003eKapow!; \u003c\/i\u003ea project about international novels, \u003ci\u003eThe Delighted States\u003c\/i\u003e, which won a Somerset Maugham Award; and of a compendium of translations edited for \u003ci\u003eMcSweeney's\u003c\/i\u003e. He has twice been selected as one of \u003ci\u003eGranta\u003c\/i\u003e's Best Young Novelists. His work has been translated into thirty languages. He lives in London.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 368\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 8.2 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 12, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47253956133113,"sku":"9781250081667","price":25.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/WCHxn-RD1a9781250081667_aeb635eb-ab38-4e4c-9463-faaf6c3e22e0.webp?v=1768709549","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/lurid-cute-paperback-1","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}