{"product_id":"9781439184554","title":"The Fuck Up","description":"Arthur Nersesian's underground literary treasure is an unforgettable slice of gritty New York City life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is the darkly hilarious odyssey of an anonymous slacker. He's a perennial couch-surfer, an aspiring writer searching for himself in spite of himself, and he's just trying to survive. But life has other things in store for the fuck-up. From being dumped by his girlfriend to getting fired for asking for a raise, from falling into a robbery to posing as a gay man to keep his job at a porno theater, the fuck-up's tragi-comedy is perfectly realized by Arthur Nersesian, who manages to create humor and suspense out of urban desperation. \"Read it and howl,\" says Bruce Benderson (author of \u003ci\u003eUser\u003c\/i\u003e), \"and be glad it didn't happen to you.\"","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47163066482928,"sku":"9781439184554","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781439184554_p0.jpg?v=1763756899","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781439184554","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}