{"product_id":"sweet-adversity-paperback-1","title":"Sweet Adversity - 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\u003eDonald Newlove\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eRick Schober\u003c\/b\u003e (Cover Design by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOriginally published in 1978, \u003cem\u003eSweet Adversity\u003c\/em\u003e is two novels in one. Author Donald Newlove edited his critically acclaimed novels of jazz-playing alcoholic Siamese twins, \u003cem\u003eLeo \u0026amp; Theodore\u003c\/em\u003e (1972) and \u003cem\u003eThe Drunks\u003c\/em\u003e (1974), into a single volume for the release, explaining in his Author's Note that \"the story loses scope and focus when halved into two books.\" Further, he stated that his original texts were \"forever CANCELLED and do not represent my final thoughts about my twins.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cem\u003eThe New York Times \u003c\/em\u003ecalled \u003cem\u003eLeo \u0026amp; Theodore\u003c\/em\u003e \"One of the most desperately funny books we've been given in a long time.\" And, of \u003cem\u003eThe Drunks\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/em\u003e wrote, \"A dazzling highwire act ... the sheer inventiveness and strength of his writing turn risk into triumph, drunken monologues into subtle satire, A.A. meetings into riveting dramas, and what in another writer might be bathos into brilliant comedy ... probably the most clear-eyed and moving--and certainly one of the most honest--books ever written about alcoholics.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 600\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.21 x 8.27 x 5.83 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 28, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47228421898489,"sku":"9780578423890","price":37.42,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/a0UwczlNNmhqZnB4ZmFwK2x1YUNpQT09_dbfb7bc6-6a73-4192-b0e0-712638c95e34.webp?v=1768290712","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/sweet-adversity-paperback-1","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}