{"product_id":"vincent-and-alice-and-alice-paperback","title":"Vincent and Alice and Alice - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eShane Jones\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the visionary author of \u003ci\u003eLight Boxes\u003c\/i\u003e, a mind-bending office comedy, and a touching modern love story set against the backdrop of an ever-increasingly disorienting America.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eBeing home all the time is depressing, so I tell my boss \"I'm ready for anything\" in the strongest conference call voice in the world while driving my hand into a family-sized bag of tortilla chips. Without a future, no Alice, I'm ready for an adventure.\u003c\/i\u003e Meet Vincent. After his divorce from Alice he's lost his way, and is mindlessly working for the State, counting down the days till retirement. When his boss tells him to participate in a program that promises not only to increase productivity, but show him his \"ideal life\" he thinks: what's the harm? Others have seen new marked improvements in productivity and personal happiness. Willing to try anything to move away from the heartbreak of Alice, Vincent reluctantly complies. But what the program shows him, is that his ideal life is simply Alice. She's back. Is she real? A clone? A hologram? Despite the lingering questions, Vincent eases back into love and begins to live his life again with Alice, that is, until the real Alice returns. A novel about work, love, and how to live in the present moment, Vincent and Alice and Alice flings us through a shockingly funny and tender-hearted world just a few degrees different from our own, one that introduces us to a wild cast of characters, including the enigmatic CEO of PER, Dorian Blood, a mysterious under-cover cop, and the acid-tongued Elderly, a man living in his car who may be the only one who understands how to live in reality.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eShane Jones is a writer living in upstate New York. His previous novels include: Light Boxes, Daniel Fights a Hurricane, and Crystal Eaters.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 230\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 8.1 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 19, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51772772024608,"sku":"9780999218679","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/1d467e3e3c3c2a21ce9b387baf913e8c.webp?v=1780413869","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/vincent-and-alice-and-alice-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}