{"product_id":"9781619023017","title":"Fridays at Enrico's","description":"\u003cp\u003eDon Carpenter was one of the finest novelists in the West. His first novel, \u003ci\u003eA Hard Rain Falling,\u003c\/i\u003e published in 1966, has been championed by Richard Price, and George Pelecanos called it “a masterpiece . . . the definitive juvenile-delinquency novel and a damning indictment of our criminal justice system.” His novel \u003ci\u003eA Couple of Comedians\u003c\/i\u003e is thought by some the best novel about Hollywood ever written.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003ci\u003eFridays at Enrico’s\u003c\/i\u003e is the story of four writers living in Northern California and Portland during the early, heady days of the Beat scene, a time of youth and opportunity. This story mixes the excitement of beginning with the melancholy of ambition, often thwarted and never satisfied. Loss of innocence is only the first price you pay.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese are people, men and women, tender with expectation, at risk and in love. Carpenter also carefully draws a portrait of these two remarkable places, San Francisco and Portland, in the ’50s and early ’60s, when writers and bohemians were busy creating the groundwork for what came to be the counterculture.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe complete penultimate manuscript forgotten since the author’s death, was recently discovered, and we’re thrilled to see this book into print.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Counterpoint Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47037960847600,"sku":"9781619023017","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781619023017_p0.jpg?v=1763859586","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781619023017","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}