{"product_id":"creative-types-and-other-stories-hardcover","title":"Creative Types: And Other Stories - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eTom Bissell\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the best-selling coauthor of \u003ci\u003eThe Disaster Artist\u003c\/i\u003e and \"one of America's best and most interesting writers\" (Stephen King), a new collection of stories that range from laugh-out-loud funny to disturbingly dark--unflinching portraits of women and men struggling to bridge the gap between art and life\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e A young and ingratiating assistant to a movie star makes a blunder that puts his boss and a major studio at grave risk. A long-married couple hires an escort for a threesome in order to rejuvenate their relationship. An assistant at a prestigious literary journal reconnects with a middle school frenemy and finds that his carefully constructed world of refinement cannot protect him from his past. A Bush administration lawyer wakes up on an abandoned airplane, trapped in a nightmare of his own making. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In these and other stories, Tom Bissell vividly renders the complex worlds of characters on the brink of artistic and personal crises--writers, video-game developers, actors, and other creative types who see things slightly differently from the rest of us. With its surreal, poignant, and sometimes squirm-inducing stories, \u003ci\u003eCreative Types \u003c\/i\u003eis a brilliant new offering from one the most versatile and talented writers working in America today. \u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTOM BISSELL\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Escanaba, Michigan, in 1974. His short fiction has won two Pushcart Prizes and has been published in multiple editions of The Best American\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eSeries. He has also written eight works of nonfiction, including \u003ci\u003eApostle \u003c\/i\u003eand (with Greg Sestero) \u003ci\u003eThe Disaster Artist, \u003c\/i\u003eas well as many screenplays for video games and television. Bissell lives in Los Angeles with his family.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 224\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 8.4 x 5.7 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 14, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51769282822432,"sku":"9781524749156","price":27.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/8bcffcb5bbcdeb1ea1dd0e4b385e874f.webp?v=1780345021","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/creative-types-and-other-stories-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}