{"product_id":"the-unfortunates-boxed-set","title":"The Unfortunates - Boxed Set","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\u003eB. S. Johnson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJonathan Coe\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eB.S. Johnson's lost classic has been showered with praise: \u003cem\u003eNew York Magazine\u003c\/em\u003e named \u003cem\u003eThe Unfortunates\u003c\/em\u003e one of their Ten Best Books of 2008, listed in \u003cem\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/em\u003e 100 Notable Books of 2008, and \u003cem\u003eThe Los Angeles Times\u003c\/em\u003e declared it to be \"his most daring work.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e A legendary 1960s experiment in form, \u003cem\u003eThe Unfortunates\u003c\/em\u003e is B. S. Johnson's famous \"book in a box,\" in which the chapters are presented unbound, to be read in any order the reader chooses. A sportswriter, sent to a Midlands town on a weekly assignment, finds himself confronted by ghosts from the past when he disembarks at the train station. Memories of one of his best, most trusted friends, a tragically young victim of cancer, begin to flood through his mind as he attempts to go about the routine business of reporting a soccer match.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The Unfortunates\u003c\/em\u003e is a book of passionate honesty and dark, courageous humor: a meditation on death and a celebration of friendship which also offers a remarkably frank self-portrait of its author.\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 1.15 x 7.81 x 5.34 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 17, 2009\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47228902244601,"sku":"9780811217439","price":26.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/TmdTeDNoaGdaMk9KdldZWFZ5QjFDQT09.webp?v=1768296577","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/the-unfortunates-boxed-set","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}