{"product_id":"museum-of-the-unknown-writer-essays-paperback-1","title":"Museum of the Unknown Writer: Essays - 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\u003eEric Peterson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn his award-winning novels \u003ci\u003eThe Dining Car\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSunshine Chief\u003c\/i\u003e, Eric Peterson gives life to the sharp-tongued food writer and bon vivant Horace Button. Now, in this collection of personal essays, Peterson uses his same incisive pen to reveal his own misgivings, grievances, and delights with the world around him.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart journalist, part travel writer, Peterson starts by chronicling several noteworthy trips, including traveling by rail from Los Angeles to Chicago aboard two magnificent private railroad cars and hitching a ride on a superyacht-complete with private chef-for a ten-day repositioning cruise up the Pacific Northwest's Inside Passage to Ketchikan, Alaska.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese seventeen literary essays, which first appeared in the online daily magazine \u003ci\u003ePillar to Post\u003c\/i\u003e, represent Peterson's first foray into nonfiction. In addition to his accounts of extravagant travel, Peterson takes aim at the modern culinary landscape-what's missing, what's egregiously offensive, and what satisfies his finicky temperament.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAbounding in mirth, filled with contentions that will both needle and delight the reader, \u003ci\u003eMuseum of the Unknown Writer\u003c\/i\u003e offers a glimpse into the personal weltanschauung of a midlist author who shares his celebrated character's enthusiasm for epicurean foods, six-ounce martinis, and luxury travel.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 176\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.38 x 8 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 15, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47394626437369,"sku":"9781736983430","price":29.63,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/qIkuhc5-KV9781736983430_0905e578-0e02-48de-919e-c135bee52297.webp?v=1770262242","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/museum-of-the-unknown-writer-essays-paperback-1","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}