{"product_id":"the-pickle-index-paperback","title":"The Pickle Index - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eEli Horowitz\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eThe Pickle Index\u003c\/i\u003e is full of life and everything else--it's rowdy and sweaty and heartbreaking, and by heartbreaking I mean funny, and by funny I mean laugh-until-you're-exhausted-and-leaking-and-hungry.\" \u003cbr\u003e--Miranda July\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eZloty Kornblatt is the hapless ringmaster of an even more hapless circus troupe. But one fateful night, Zloty makes a mistake: he accidentally makes his audience laugh. Here on the outskirts of Burford--where both the cuisine and the economy, such as they are, are highly dependent on pickled vegetables--laughter is a rare occasion. It draws the immediate attention of the local bureaucracy, and by morning Zloty has been branded an instigator, conspirator, and fomentor sentenced to death or worse.\u003cbr\u003eHis only hope lies with his dysfunctional troupe--a morose contortionist, a strongman who'd rather be miming, a lion tamer paired with an elderly dog--a ragged band of misfits and failures who must somehow spring Zloty from his cell at the top of the Confinement Needle. Their arcane skills become strangely useful, and unlikely success follows unlikely success. Until, suddenly, the successes end--leaving only Flora Bialy, Zloty's understudy and our shy narrator, to save the day.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePunctuated with evocative woodcuts by Ian Huebert, Eli Horowitz's \u003ci\u003eThe Pickle Index\u003c\/i\u003e is a fast-moving fable, full of deadpan humor and absurd twists--and an innovative, exhilarating storytelling experience.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEli Horowitz\u003c\/b\u003e was the managing editor and then publisher of McSweeney's. He is the coauthor of \u003ci\u003eThe Clock Without a Face\u003c\/i\u003e, a treasure-hunt mystery; \u003ci\u003eEverything You Know Is Pong\u003c\/i\u003e, an illustrated cultural history of Ping-Pong; \u003ci\u003eThe Silent History \u003c\/i\u003e(FSG Originals), with Matthew Derby and Kevin Moffett; and \u003ci\u003eThe New World \u003c\/i\u003e(FSG Originals), in collaboration with Chris Adrian. He lives in San Francisco.\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 0.6 x 7.4 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 03, 2015\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51755631870240,"sku":"9780374535810","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/f55cdd2a910dca2982fb85cb8e913d19.webp?v=1780064144","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-pickle-index-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}