{"product_id":"flash-and-filigree-paperback","title":"Flash and Filigree - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eTerry Southern was an acclaimed satirist of American culture, the writer who dreamed-up \u003ci\u003eCandy\u003c\/i\u003e and coauthored the screenplays for \u003ci\u003eDr. Strangelove\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eEasy Rider\u003c\/i\u003e. In \u003ci\u003eFlash and Filigree\u003c\/i\u003e, lauded as \"a dazzling performance\" by Henry Green, Southern delivers an outrageously funny commentary on the darker side of suburban L.A. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrederick Eichner, a world-renowned dermatologist, is visited by the entrancingly irritating Mr. Felix Treevly, who comes to him as a patient and stays as an obsession. Mr. Treevly leads the doctor into a series of increasingly chaotic situations full of hilariously weird characters: a drive-in theater seduction, a hashish party, a car crash, a drunken private detective, and the infamous \u003ci\u003eWhat's My Disease?\u003c\/i\u003e quiz-show. This whirlwind of a novel is an enigmatic work of comic genius from the man B. J. Novak calls \"the coolest figure of twentieth century literature.\"","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":68086784622815,"sku":"9780802128164","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/rzLAUT0W0f9780802128164.webp?v=1792363900","url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/products\/flash-and-filigree-paperback","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}