{"product_id":"lurid-cute-paperback","title":"Lurid \u0026 Cute - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"The narrator of [\u003ci\u003eLurid \u0026amp; Cute\u003c\/i\u003e] may be Thirlwell's best creation yet.\"--Andrew Ervin, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e (Editors' Choice)\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eLurid \u0026amp; Cute\u003c\/i\u003e is a simple story of mayhem and ennui, almost a caper, but told with such satisfying ironies and verbal dexterity that everything is Technicolor again. So alive, so inventive, so very good.\"--Joshua Ferris\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eLurid \u0026amp; Cute\u003c\/i\u003e takes place in the suburbs of a giant city, where our narrator lives at home with his parents, together with his wife and dog. He has had a good education and, until recently, a good job. But then the lurid overtakes him--and whether this transformation is caused by our hero's present unemployment, or his feelings for a girl who is not his wife, or the return of his old friend Hiro, it's hard to say. What's definite is that it sets off a chain of events that feels, to those inside it, narcotic and neurotic, like one long and terrible descent--complete with lies, deceit, and chicanery: one orgy, one brothel, and a series of firearms disputes.","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67578267992287,"sku":"9781250081667","price":25.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/fV69eeGyDu9781250081667.webp?v=1790402675","url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/products\/lurid-cute-paperback","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}