{"product_id":"9781608010271","title":"Death by Pastrami","description":"In these seventeen wry stories, Bernstein introduces us to the unsung residents of NYC's garment district—proud lace sewers, unscrupulous ragmen, and salesmen with a penchant for stolen pens. Bernstein is a master of brevity—most stories clock in at under ten pages—and he is most concerned with the particulars of human yearning.\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eA man offers a million dollars for a “first-rate” human heart. An engineer chooses the suit he will wear every day for the rest of his life. A funeral salesman discovers the deadly power of the pastrami sandwich. \u003c\/i\u003eIn their breadth, these stories capture a New York that recedes further into memory every year: a garment district populated by people with at least a passing acquaintanceship with the old country and older ways of making things.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of New Orleans Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47018522411248,"sku":"9781608010271","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781608010271_p0.jpg?v=1763837909","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781608010271","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}