{"product_id":"smahtguy-the-life-and-times-of-barney-frank-1250191580","title":"Smahtguy: The Life and Times of Barney Frank","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1250191580\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Orner, Eric\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e New\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEric Orner, the acclaimed cartoonist of one of the countrys most popular and longest-running gay comic strips, The Mostly Unfabulous Social Life of Ethan Green, presents his debut graphic novel-a dazzling, irreverent biography of the iconic and iconoclastic Barney Frank, one of the first gay and out congressmen and a front-line defender of civil rights.What are the odds that a disheveled, zaftig, closeted kid with the thickest of Jersey accents might wind up running Boston on behalf of a storied Irish Catholic political machine, drafting the nations first gay rights laws, reforming Wall Street after the Great Recession, and finding love, after a lifetime assuming that he couldn't and wouldnt?In Smahtguy: The Life and Times of Barney Frank, one of Americas first out members of Congress and a gay and civil rights crusader for an era is confirmed as a hero of our age. But more than a biography of an indispensable LGBTQ pioneer, this funny, beautifully rendered, warts-and-all graphic account reveals the down-and-dirty inner workings of Boston and DC politics.As Franks longtime staff counsel and press secretary, Eric Orner lends his first-hand perspective to this extraordinary work of history, paying tribute to the mighty striving of committed liberals to defend ordinary Americans from an assault on their shared society.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mia Karts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52161858339104,"sku":"NEW1250191580","price":23.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0980\/7426\/3840\/files\/916h2f6Sx2L.jpg?v=1786137091","url":"https:\/\/miakarts.com\/products\/smahtguy-the-life-and-times-of-barney-frank-1250191580","provider":"Miakarts Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}