{"product_id":"the-perfume-burned-his-eyes-paperback","title":"The Perfume Burned His Eyes - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMichael Imperioli\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"[T]he actor's first novel is a quintessential New York story: A teenager moves from Queens to Manhattan, discovering a world populated with drugs, sex, a witch, and Lou Reed. It's like a vivid walk through the city and adolescence, reveling in their grit and pathos.\" --\u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Vividly imagined, compelling, and sympathetic, \u003cem\u003eThe Perfume Burned His Eyes\u003c\/em\u003e convinces with the force of its emotional intensity.\" --Joyce Carol Oates\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMatthew is a sixteen-year-old boy living in Jackson Heights, Queens, in 1976. After he loses his two most important male role models, his father and grandfather, his mother uses her inheritance to uproot Matthew and herself to a posh apartment building in Manhattan. Although only three miles away from his boyhood home, \"the city\" is a completely new and strange world to Matthew.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Matthew soon befriends (and becomes a factotum of sorts to) Lou Reed, who lives with his transgender girlfriend Rachel in the same building. The artistic-shamanic rocker eventually becomes an unorthodox father figure to Matthew, who finds himself head over heels for the mysterious Veronica, a wise-beyond-her-years girl he meets at his new school.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The novel is written from the point of view of Matthew at age eighteen, two years after the story begins, and concludes with an epilogue in the year 2013, three days after Lou Reed's death, with Matthew in his fifties.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMichael Imperioli\u003c\/b\u003e is best known for his starring role as Christopher Moltisanti in the acclaimed TV series \u003ci\u003eThe Sopranos, \u003c\/i\u003e which earned him a Best Supporting Actor Emmy Award. He also wrote five episodes of the show; was coscreenwriter of the film \u003ci\u003eSummer of Sam\u003c\/i\u003e, directed by Spike Lee; and was anthologized in \u003ci\u003eThe Nicotine Chronicles, \u003c\/i\u003e edited by Lee Child. Imperioli has appeared in six of Spike Lee's films and has also acted in films by Martin Scorsese, Abel Ferrara, Walter Hill, Peter Jackson, and the Hughes Brothers. He cohosts the rewatch podcast, \u003ci\u003eTalking Sopranos, \u003c\/i\u003e with his \u003ci\u003eSopranos\u003c\/i\u003e costar Steve Schirripa, with whom he also penned the best-selling book, \u003ci\u003eWoke Up This Morning: The Definitive Oral History of The Sopranos.\u003c\/i\u003e Additionally, he is a singer and guitarist in the band ZOPA. Follow him on Instagram: @realmichaelimperioli.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.3 x 6.9 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 06, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51766293922080,"sku":"9781636140698","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/30f6889215ce6131fb37477ea52b2359.webp?v=1780289416","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-perfume-burned-his-eyes-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}