{"product_id":"9781554902910","title":"Brother Dumb","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBrother Dumb\u003c\/em\u003e is the memoir of a reclusive American literary icon. \u003cem\u003eBrother Dumb\u003c\/em\u003e is a how-to manual for meaningful critical engagement with the real world. \u003cem\u003eBrother Dumb\u003c\/em\u003e is a celebration of innocence, youth, and altruism. \u003cem\u003eBrother Dumb\u003c\/em\u003e is a true story of self-imposed exile. . . .\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBrother Dumb\u003c\/em\u003e is also a work of fiction.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBrother Dumb\u003c\/em\u003e begins in the mid-40s, but spans decades, delving deep into the five tortured relationships that have shaped one writer’s psycho-sexual history — but it also details his bitter literary decline and withdrawal from public life. Brother Dumb is a misanthrope. His withdrawal from the world is as famous, or infamous, as his writing — something that he takes great pains to explain is not a desperate cry for attention.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAttention is the last thing Brother Dumb wants.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSo why publish this memoir? Why expose himself to a world of stupid, lecherous, greedy, evil, and calculating people?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBecause he can’t not write. And because, somewhere out there, a kindred soul might actually be reading. . . .\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ECW Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47132814541040,"sku":"9781554902910","price":11.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781554902910_p0.jpg?v=1763755534","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781554902910","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}