{"product_id":"9780615820897","title":"It's Not About Sex","description":"It's Not about Sex is an enjoyable, fast-paced and intelligent work of literary fiction. The subtitle - A Tale of Friendship, Betrayal, Adultery and Murder - clearly tells the reader what to expect, but the plot, tone, character development and underlying themes all aspire to a higher literary standard than the typical genre mystery. The story revolves around Leonard Hirsh, one of the world's foremost post Abstract-Expressionist artists. Now at the height of his career, Lennie has everything to which a man can aspire - fame, wealth, and a beautiful young wife from one of New York's oldest families. He also exhibits the stunning arrogance and ego which too often accompany such accomplishments. When he learns of an immensely gifted artist, Raymond Martin, painting in a solitary cell in a correctional institution, Lennie uses all his influence to have Ray paroled into his care. He then risks his own reputation by introducing Ray into the New York City art world, to instant acclaim. He also brings Ray into his personal orbit, providing him a cottage on his grand Millbrook country estate, Schoolcross, in the heart of New York's elite fox-hunting country. Schoolcross was the inheritance of Lennie's wife, the former Nora Van Leuyden Longworth, and he, Nora and their entourage of friends, employees and hangers-on, live there in the Big House and its numerous dependencies while enjoying the bounty emanating from Lennie's immense financial success. The story is narrated by James Bradley, a New York art dealer recently kicked out of his New York apartment after confessing an indiscretion to his wife. Bradley will share one of the Schoolcross cottages with Ray, and this access to the main protagonists - Ray, Nora and Lennie - give him an inside look at the drama that develops from the moment Ray is released from prison.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Atelerix Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47019043717360,"sku":"9780615820897","price":12.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780615820897_p0.jpg?v=1763600594","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780615820897","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}