{"product_id":"the-sawdust-festival-9780595658336","title":"The Sawdust Festival","description":"The Sawdust Festival is a real art festival in Laguna Beach. This is the setting for Sylvia Snyder s hilarious novel. \u003cp\u003eHere are only a few of the artists in \u003ci\u003eTHE SAWDUST FESTIVAL\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTERRENCE RUBEN, who has made himself an art studio in one of Laguna s numerous caves. He beachcombs and makes collages of driftabilia. He also makes  Shmuck  buttons and gives them out as a way of dealing with his angers.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eED HINKLE, whose wife left him with five children. He is overwhelmed until he learns that the Laguna Ballet Company trains boys free. Ed makes chairs out of trees.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNATHAN MALACARO, the high school philosophy teacher who is trying to pick up some extra cash by selling ceramic frogs.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMARVIN KELLY, a handsome gay man who erects Ferris wheels, etc., out of metal rods. His partner is JEROME WICKET, who can never make up his mind about anything.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThree teens are up to no good and steal from Terrence and Ed. They hide the artworks on their family's yacht and send a ransom note to the artists. In a funny scene all the characters go to catch the thieves.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eYou will laugh all the way through.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Sylvia Snyder\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e iUniverse\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/10\/2003\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 160\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.86lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.50d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780595658336\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"iUniverse","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":45361830527091,"sku":"9780595658336","price":23.72,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_2c0deac5-6674-42b1-b21f-8aedac24bfbe.jpg?v=1786735635","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/the-sawdust-festival-9780595658336","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}