{"product_id":"9781250081667","title":"Lurid \u0026#x00026; Cute","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e“The narrator of [\u003ci\u003eLurid \u0026amp; Cute\u003c\/i\u003e] may be Thirlwell’s best creation yet.”—Andrew Ervin, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e (Editors’ Choice)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e“\u003ci\u003eLurid \u0026amp; Cute\u003c\/i\u003e is a simple story of mayhem and ennui, almost a caper, but told with such satisfying ironies and verbal dexterity that everything is Technicolor again. So alive, so inventive, so very good.”—Joshua Ferris\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eLurid \u0026amp; Cute\u003c\/i\u003e takes place in the suburbs of a giant city, where our narrator lives at home with his parents, together with his wife and dog. He has had a good education and, until recently, a good job. But then the lurid overtakes him—and whether this transformation is caused by our hero’s present unemployment, or his feelings for a girl who is not his wife, or the return of his old friend Hiro, it’s hard to say. What’s definite is that it sets off a chain of events that feels, to those inside it, narcotic and neurotic, like one long and terrible descent—complete with lies, deceit, and chicanery: one orgy, one brothel, and a series of firearms disputes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Arianna Fabbro","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47024096903408,"sku":"9781250081667","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781250081667_p0.jpg?v=1763702640","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781250081667","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}