{"product_id":"the-black-brook-paperback","title":"The Black Brook - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eTom Drury\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA small-time art forger runs afoul of the New England mob in this comic crime novel from the author of \u003ci\u003eThe End of Vandalism\u003c\/i\u003e: \"One of our living masters\" (\u003ci\u003eMcSweeney's\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePaul Emmons has his faults--envy, lust, naiveté, money laundering, and art forgery to name a few. A fallen accountant and scamster, Emmons and his wife, Mary, are exiled abroad, though they enjoy inadvisable returns to New England to check on the property they own but cannot claim.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePaul's unfortunate association with Carlo Record, president of the fraudulent company New England Amusements, was always destined to get him into trouble. When Carlo and his cronies--Ashtray Bob, Line-Item Vito, and Hatpin Henry--try to coerce Paul into stealing the John Singer Sargent painting \"The Black Brook\" from the Tate gallery in London, Paul and Mary hatch a plan to trick the tricksters . . .\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThrough it all, Paul searches for his true mission in life in this \"irresistibly droll portrayal of an All-American liar, loser, and innocent\" (\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis Grove edition features a new introduction in the form of a conversation between Drury and Daniel Handler.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTom Drury\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003ePacific\u003c\/i\u003e, longlisted for the National Book Award; \u003ci\u003eThe End of Vandalism\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eHunts in Dreams\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eThe Driftless Area\u003c\/i\u003e. His fiction has appeared in the \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHarper's\u003c\/i\u003e, and the \u003ci\u003eMississippi Review\u003c\/i\u003e, and he has been named one of \u003ci\u003eGranta's\u003c\/i\u003e \"Best Young American Novelists.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 336\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 8.3 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 10, 2015\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51892580876576,"sku":"9780802123060","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/1A3yZnw1hh9780802123060.webp?v=1781987497","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-black-brook-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}