{"title":"Morty Shallman","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"the-tyranny-of-desire-hardcover","title":"The Tyranny of Desire - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMeet Puchy Mushkin, the hero of this \"fast-paced phantasmagoric satire of a debauched contemporary LA...\" (1) who \"vows to live a life devoid of want...\" (2) while thrusting himself into \"the wildest situations and transgressions in a carnivalesque Los Angeles.\" (2)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis novel is \"often uproarious,\"(2) \"delightfully wicked, outrageous...\" (3) \"brilliantly written and very funny.\" (1)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePuchy Mushkin will be the first to tell you: he has talent, intelligence, and ambition to spare. And yet, despite his prodigious-some might even say \"gargantuan\"-mental and physical endowments, he is a spectacular failure in life and love. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the depths of his despair, Puchy has an epiphany: could the endless series of screw-ups that define his existence be the result of his overwhelming desire for success?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTo test his theory and, hopefully, change his fate, Puchy vows to banish all dreams, goals, aims, ambitions, and obsessions from his life except one: to assassinate desire itself and hang it by its feet like Mussolini.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat follows is the hilariously dark, raunchy, and irreverent tale of one man's twisted war with himself-an anti-story about an anti-hero whose only motivation is to have no motivation at all.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWill Puchy succeed in his quest to conquer desire? Or will desire get him first? Grab your copy of The Tyranny of Desire TODAY to find out.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003csub\u003e(1) Robert Grossmith, Author of the Empire of Lights (2) Booklife by Publishers Weekly (3) Readers' Favorite \u003c\/sub\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67575238557919,"sku":"9798986354804","price":57.53,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/oThj3VwUlZ9798986354804.webp?v=1790373186"}],"url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/collections\/morty-shallman.oembed","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}