Chinese Takeout: A Brutal and Comic Novel of Art and Obsession on the Lower East Side
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Chinese Takeout: A Brutal and Comic Novel of Art and Obsession on the Lower East Side
Book Details
- Author
- Arthur Nersesian
- Publisher
- Harper Perennial
- Format
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- Category
- Urban Life
- Condition
- Used
- ISBN-13
- 9780060548827
- ISBN-10
- 0060548827
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ISBN: 0060548827
Author: Nersesian, Arthur
Condition: Used
From the author of the cult classic The Fuck-Up comes a vicious new tale of art, drugs, love, and death on the Lower East Side.Orloff Trenchant is a painter who sells books on West 4th Street in Manhattan and is obsessed with mastering his craft. Desperate for cash, Or agrees to take a commission no one else will touch: he has three weeks to carve a headstone for a recently deceased restaurateur -- a Chinese takeout box. As Or attempts to make his deadline, he navigates among a toxic mix of fellow artists, struggling gallery owners, bloodsucking art dealers, his politically active friends, and a haunting addict poet whose life is more out of control than Or's own.Nersesian's prose is sparkling and hypnotic in this brutal and comic story that will make you wonder if life and art are two different things.
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Chinese Takeout: A Brutal and Comic Novel of Art and Obsession on the Lower East Side
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