{"product_id":"impossible-vacation-9780679745235","title":"Impossible Vacation","description":"Having detailed the agonies of writing a book in his monologue Monster in a Box, Spalding Gray now gives us the monster itself: a convulsively funny, unexpectedly moving novel about a man eternally searching for a moment of protected pleasure even as he is permanently incapable of finding it. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBrewster North witnesses his mother's madness but misses her suicide; searches frantically for enlightenment in the Poconos and zipless sex in India; suffers family ennui in Rhode Island and a nervous breakdown in Amsterdam. In the process he emerges as a hilariously complex everyman. And as Gray narrates his hero's free fall, he confirms his own stature as one of our funniest, most eccentric, and most engaging storytellers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Spalding Gray\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Knopf Publishing Group\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/27\/1993\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.61lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.20w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780679745235\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/05\/1993\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSpalding Gray \u003c\/b\u003ewas born and raised in Rhode Island. A cofounder of the acclaimed New York City theater company the Wooster Group, he appeared on Broadway and in numerous films, including Roland Joff?'s \u003ci\u003eThe Killing Fields\u003c\/i\u003e, David Byrne's \u003ci\u003eTrue Stories\u003c\/i\u003e, Garry Marshall's \u003ci\u003eBeaches\u003c\/i\u003e, and as the subject of the 2010 Steven Soderbergh documentary, \u003ci\u003eAnd Everything is Going Fine\u003c\/i\u003e. His monologues include \u003ci\u003eSex and Death to the Age 14, Swimming to Cambodia\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMonster in a Box\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGray's Anatomy\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eIt's a Slippery Slope\u003c\/i\u003e. He died in 2004.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Knopf Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":42806577135731,"sku":"9.78068E+12","price":22.94,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_a0cdcd8c-ca63-46dc-a6f4-c6698c619167.jpg?v=1738236665","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/impossible-vacation-9780679745235","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}