{"product_id":"2940012263322","title":"Tina in the Back Seat","description":"\"Rawley's style is sumptuous and baroque. He has an uncanny knack for making the bizarre beautiful and for capturing the pathos and peculiar dignity of characters who wouldn't ordinarily command respect.\" -- The Observer, London\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Rawley's writing blazes unapologetically fecund and startling, like some kind of bird of paradise from Mars.\" -- Sandra Tsing Loh, author of Depth Takes a Holiday\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn thirteen dazzling and disquieting tales, Rawley exposes the broken dreams and ravaged lives of individuals who live on the outskirts of mainstream society. A Hollywood-legend lookalike whose diminutive stature masks a huge craving for love; a career trophy wife with a gift for pleasing rich old men; a wealthy Asian matron seeking a precarious salvation through gambling; two retired hit men reminiscing about the good old days--these portraits offer a searing vision of the dark side of sun-drenched California. As poetic as it is brutal, this collection resoundingly confirms the late Donald Rawley's reputation as a peerless chronicler of the secret longing of desperate lives. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Donald Rawley is the literary equivalent of amyl nitrate. Reading this searing talent may give you a heart attack, but you'll die with a twisted, sated smile of gratitude on your lips.\" -- Jerry Stahl, author of Permanent Midnight\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Donald Rawley makes myth of our contemporary lives.\" -- Kate Braverman","brand":"Lukeman Literary","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47081117810928,"sku":"2940012263322","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940012263322_p0.jpg?v=1763553861","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940012263322","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}