{"product_id":"creative-types-and-other-stories-9781524749156","title":"Creative Types: And Other Stories","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the best-selling coauthor of \u003ci\u003eThe Disaster Artist\u003c\/i\u003e and \"one of America's best and most interesting writers (Stephen King), a new collection of stories that range from laugh-out-loud funny to disturbingly dark--unflinching portraits of women and men struggling to bridge the gap between art and life\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e A young and ingratiating assistant to a movie star makes a blunder that puts his boss and a major studio at grave risk. A long-married couple hires an escort for a threesome in order to rejuvenate their relationship. An assistant at a prestigious literary journal reconnects with a middle school frenemy and finds that his carefully constructed world of refinement cannot protect him from his past. A Bush administration lawyer wakes up on an abandoned airplane, trapped in a nightmare of his own making. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In these and other stories, Tom Bissell vividly renders the complex worlds of characters on the brink of artistic and personal crises--writers, video-game developers, actors, and other creative types who see things slightly differently from the rest of us. With its surreal, poignant, and sometimes squirm-inducing stories, \u003ci\u003eCreative Types \u003c\/i\u003eis a brilliant new offering from one the most versatile and talented writers working in America today. \u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Bissell, Tom\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/14\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Pantheon Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781524749156\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.84lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.70w x 1.00d","brand":"Tom Bissell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39626593042507,"sku":"9781524749156","price":27.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0021\/1697\/6715\/products\/img_a2a69f3c-11e8-4abb-9cf8-d65b17d2d35c.jpg?v=1640704795","url":"https:\/\/blackbookstore.com\/products\/creative-types-and-other-stories-9781524749156","provider":"Black Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}