{"product_id":"unprofessionals-9781416564270","title":"Unprofessionals","description":"\u003cb\u003eThere is no American writer alive who is funnier, more inquisitive, or more surprising than Julie Hecht.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Unprofessionals, \u003c\/i\u003e her first novel, whose narrator also told the stories in the author's bestselling collection \u003ci\u003eDo the Windows Open?, \u003c\/i\u003e is a triumph of tragicomedy. The book follows the odd friendship between the narrator -- a photographer in her late forties -- and a precocious raconteur, identified only as The Boy, whom she has known since his childhood. As the narrator and the young man regale each other with tales of the way Americans live now, she is also telling the story of his path to heroin addiction and his many attempts to recover. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Unprofessionals\u003c\/i\u003e is a masterpiece of comic despair, illuminating our bewildering century, and a hilarious and sad story of two outsiders who see the world with painful clarity -- and as a whole, a novel of unexampled originality.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Julie Hecht\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Simon \u0026amp; Schuster\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/12\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.51lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.42h x 6.30w x 0.66d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781416564270\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/07\/2008 pg. 24\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHecht, Julie:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cb\u003eJulie Hecht\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eDo the Windows Open?\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWas This Man a Genius?: Talks with Andy Kaufman\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Unprofessionals\u003c\/i\u003e. Her stories have been published in \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eHarper's\u003c\/i\u003e. She has won an O. Henry Prize and received a Guggenheim Fellowship. She lives on the east end of Long Island in winter and in Massachusetts in summer and fall. She has been writing stories since she was eight years old.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44415575687283,"sku":"9781416564270","price":17.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_f58b55ae-3e94-4c7a-bb9d-7f7e922de967.jpg?v=1772199634","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/unprofessionals-9781416564270","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}