{"product_id":"9780984021000","title":"Watching Paint Dry: Stories from the Trade","description":"\u003cp\u003eJohn Burbidge has aimed his brush, roller, and spray gun at everything from ritzy mansions to trashy trailers. He's gone underground to paint sewage-treatment plants and risked death to paint factory ceilings. He has no doubt inhaled enough noxious dust and paint fumes to shorten his life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut he's not dead yet. And the captivating characters he has encountered along the way have more than offset the toils of painting for a living. Ex-cons, addicts, drifting college grads, even a guy with a hole in his head-that's your typical paint crew, bonded only by the fact that they're caught in a job society thinks is for simpletons. In \u003ci\u003eWatching Paint Dry,\u003c\/i\u003e John Burbidge scrapes beneath the surface of painting's reputation for monotony while intimately portraying the men and women who craft the backdrop to our civilization.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Informative, funny, and sometimes heartbreaking . . . this is a book you will want to recommend to everyone you know.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e--Sharon Barrett, \u003ci\u003eChicago Sun-Times\u003c\/i\u003e book critic for 28 years\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HPHR","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47010094711024,"sku":"9780984021000","price":12.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780984021000_p0.jpg?v=1763884588","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780984021000","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}