{"product_id":"the-clandestine-novelist-paperback-1","title":"The Clandestine Novelist - 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\u003eMitch Evich\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt the age of 24, Mike Benjamin is visited in sleep by the angel of revelation, and commanded to carry on the work of John Steinbeck. Thus begins a 15-year quest that forever threatens to teeter into the absurd. Far from being another self-congratulatory writer's memoir, \u003ci\u003eThe Clandestine Novelist\u003c\/i\u003e is a reminder that the pursuit of art sometimes carries a ludicrous price.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \"\u003ci\u003eThe Clandestine Novelist\u003c\/i\u003e is a hilarious novel with a sharply ironic edge. Mike Benjamin, the narrator, must find his way in a world that makes its artists heroes at the same time it abandons them. This is a contradiction that haunts all the Yossarians of our society.\"\u003cbr\u003e --Tony Trigilio, author of \u003ci\u003e'Strange Prophecies Anew': Rereading Apocalypse in Blake, H.D.\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eGinsberg\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \"Evich takes us on a rollicking tour through the land of rejection letters and low-pay jobs, a.k.a. the writing life.\" --Pagan Kennedy\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 148\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.39 x 9.1 x 6.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 06, 2003\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47228284338425,"sku":"9780595295715","price":11.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/R0ZRVjlYeFdXN0pPRmxCUmg1eU0xZz09_340f471d-f1b2-4726-ba21-66c939d57eeb.webp?v=1768290374","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/the-clandestine-novelist-paperback-1","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}