{"product_id":"lurid-cute-9781250081667","title":"Lurid \u0026 Cute","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"The narrator of [\u003ci\u003eLurid \u0026amp; Cute\u003c\/i\u003e] may be Thirlwell's best creation yet.\"--Andrew Ervin, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e (Editors' Choice)\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eLurid \u0026amp; Cute\u003c\/i\u003e is a simple story of mayhem and ennui, almost a caper, but told with such satisfying ironies and verbal dexterity that everything is Technicolor again. So alive, so inventive, so very good.\"--Joshua Ferris\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eLurid \u0026amp; Cute\u003c\/i\u003e takes place in the suburbs of a giant city, where our narrator lives at home with his parents, together with his wife and dog. He has had a good education and, until recently, a good job. But then the lurid overtakes him--and whether this transformation is caused by our hero's present unemployment, or his feelings for a girl who is not his wife, or the return of his old friend Hiro, it's hard to say. What's definite is that it sets off a chain of events that feels, to those inside it, narcotic and neurotic, like one long and terrible descent--complete with lies, deceit, and chicanery: one orgy, one brothel, and a series of firearms disputes.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Adam Thirlwell\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Picador USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/12\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 368\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.40w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781250081667\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAdam Thirlwell\u003c\/b\u003e was born in London in 1978. He is the author of the novels \u003ci\u003ePolitics\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Escape\u003c\/i\u003e; the novella \u003ci\u003eKapow!; \u003c\/i\u003ea project about international novels, \u003ci\u003eThe Delighted States\u003c\/i\u003e, which won a Somerset Maugham Award; and of a compendium of translations edited for \u003ci\u003eMcSweeney's\u003c\/i\u003e. He has twice been selected as one of \u003ci\u003eGranta\u003c\/i\u003e's Best Young Novelists. His work has been translated into thirty languages. He lives in London.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Picador USA","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44441709281395,"sku":"9781250081667","price":29.42,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_dd511758-88b6-48a0-93be-a43efb802dfd.jpg?v=1773144986","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/lurid-cute-9781250081667","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}