{"product_id":"9780988009530","title":"Vlad Moranski: A Piece of Work","description":"Death threats, jail time, and a history of distrustfulness aside, can Vlad Moranski --- a quick-witted, over-confident gentleman thief --- control his destiny? Or is he doomed to forever relive his past?\u003cp\u003e\"Vlad Moranski: A Piece of Work\" takes a comedic look at how much control we truly have over our lives.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA few excerpts from \"Vlad Moranski: A Piece of Work\":\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"BJ Williams bookstore was buzzing with Brits and frantic with Frenchies, a perfect cover for an unpublished writer to sneak in and check the status of eight white books with a hot-looking woman adorning the cover. \u003cbr\u003e Assuming my books were still on display in the back corner, I had no choice but to pass within a metre of the cashiers. I covered the left side of my head with my hand as I zipped by the same cashier I had sweet-talked two days before. Why the paranoia? Even if they'd spotted me and my illegal books, I knew I wouldn't have been sent to a Parisian slammer. Nevertheless, I wanted to avoid a potentially embarrassing situation over which I would have little control.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Kneeling beside the bush, her hulkish body making the laws of leverage a non-issue, she continued to pin me down with one elbow. I felt like a monarch butterfly mounted in a natural science museum exhibit.\"\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Willowbrook Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47013960614128,"sku":"9780988009530","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780988009530_p0.jpg?v=1763889654","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780988009530","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}