{"product_id":"9781590513583","title":"Beg, Borrow, Steal: A Writer's Life","description":"In \u003ci\u003eBeg, Borrow, Steal\u003c\/i\u003e Michael Greenberg regales us with his wry and vivid take on the life of a writer of little means trying to practice his craft or simply stay alive. He finds himself doctoring doomed movie scripts; selling cosmetics from an ironing board in front of a women's department store; writing about golf, a game he has never played; and botching his debut as a waiter in a posh restaurant.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCentral characters include Michael's father, whose prediction that Michael's \"scribbling\" wouldn't get him on the subway almost came true; his artistic first wife, whom he met in a Greenwich Village high school; and their son who grew up on the Lower East Side\u003cb\u003e,\u003c\/b\u003e fluent in the language of the street and in the language of the parlor. Then there are Greenberg's unexpected encounters: a Holocaust survivor who on his deathbed tries to leave Michael his fortune; a repentant communist who confesses his sins; a man who becomes a woman; a Chilean filmmaker in search of his past; and rats who behave like humans and cease\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eto live underground.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHilarious and bittersweet, Greenberg's stories invite us into a world where the familial, the literary, the tragic and the mundane not only speak to one another, but deeply enjoy the exchange.","brand":"Other Press, LLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47133218701552,"sku":"9781590513583","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781590513583_p0.jpg?v=1763802363","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781590513583","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}