{"product_id":"glory-and-its-litany-of-horrors-9781632061126","title":"Glory and Its Litany of Horrors","description":"\"\u003ci\u003eThe End\u003c\/i\u003e, a riotous, sex-stuffed novel by Torres, which takes Technicolor pleasure in detailing the deaths of five incorrigible old beach bums of the Bossa Nova generation.... Her five men, whom she kills off in reverse chronology, are 'united by male allegiance, women, and the beach, in that order'.... With America undergoing a mass reckoning with male sexuality, a novel like this feels both taboo and gleeful, a guilty kind of reprieve.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e--Hermione Hoby, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom Fernanda Torres, the celebrated Brazilian actress and bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe End\u003c\/i\u003e, comes a riotous tragicomedy of a famed actor's path from national sex symbol to cult icon to raving madman after a disastrous performance as King Lear.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMario Cardoso's meteoric rise to fame begins in the early sixties, when the promise of sex and revolution permeates the Rio air. But as he conquers the stage, arthouse cinema, and primetime TV, the fever and the decadence of stardom take their toll, and middle-aged Mario finds himself with an ebbing reputation, hairline, and bank account. He needs a royal comeback. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEnter \u003ci\u003eKing Lear\u003c\/i\u003e. Mario's turn as Shakespeare's mad monarch goes well until he's overtaken by a fit of laughter that gets more demented with each performance. Forced to cancel the show, he's confronted with his mother's unstaged madness--she's now convinced that Mario is in fact her long-departed husband. Broke and desperate, Mario signs on for an evangelical network production: \u003ci\u003eSodoma\u003c\/i\u003e. Yet, as low as he's fallen, Mario's final set is one he never imagined.\u003cbr\u003eWith the wicked humor and fleet-footed pace that made her novel \u003ci\u003eThe End\u003c\/i\u003e a runaway bestseller in Brazil, Fernanda Torres's \u003ci\u003eGlory and its Litany of Horrors\u003c\/i\u003e is a razor-sharp take on the uneasy marriage of Art and the marketplace, and on the profession of acting in all its horror and glory.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Restless Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/23\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781632061126\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.45lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.00h x 5.00w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/15\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/20\/2019\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Fernanda Torres","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36663404167324,"sku":"9781632061126","price":15.29,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_73bac99f-361c-4c3a-9813-ed4ef44f8f34.jpg?v=1603904225","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/glory-and-its-litany-of-horrors-9781632061126","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}