{"product_id":"9781939419538","title":"Rus Like Everyone Else","description":"\u003cp\u003eRus is a creature of habit. His mother left him an apartment and a debit card, from which he withdraws money everyday to purchase a drink at Starbucks. Until Rus is told by a government agency that his apartment is illegal and that he owes taxes. Lots of taxes. Rus panics and his cash is stolen by a smooth talking Russian submarine captain.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMeanwhile, as Rus capitulates to the demands of society and finds an office job with the help of a micro-managing new girlfriend, the neighborhood's local postal worker surveys the lives of its other residents with an omniscient eye: Mrs. Blue compulsively steals hand creams; a secretary struggles to make conversation (much less human connections); a delivery man desperately seeks to make a name for himself but struggles with his immigrant status; and an aging bachelor, hampered by extreme paranoia, will finally have the chance to meet the Queen (if he can just hold it together long enough).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith Rus at the head of this lonely ensemble's search for meaning in a complicated and alienating world, debut novelist Adriaanse weaves together intersecting lives to create a mini-epic, one that charts a hidden resistance to corporate sameness and artificial relationships.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Unnamed Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47051743199472,"sku":"9781939419538","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781939419538_p0.jpg?v=1763666074","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781939419538","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}