{"product_id":"our-greatest-work-a-novel-by-twins-9781636143194","title":"Our Greatest Work: A Novel by Twins","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003cem\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eOUR GREATEST WORK\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eOPENS WITH A PANIC ATTACK\u003c\/strong\u003e, a celebrity cameo, and an antique gun: Joe, an actor, is traveling from Paris to Chicago for his ten-year high school reunion, where he plans to confront his twin brother Sam, a writer.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn alternating chapters from each twin's point of view--Joe writing as Joe, Sam as Sam--we learn of the slights that started, then prolonged, their confounding estrangement. There's the fateful high school production of \u003cem\u003eRent\u003c\/em\u003e. An illicit affair set to Death Cab for Cutie. A pathetic act of violence in a Florentine study-abroad apartment. All the while, a mysterious (if idiotic) childhood friend is pulling strings from behind the scenes, his motivations troublingly obscure . . .\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs the reunion draws near, a tragicomic series of events conspire to bring the brothers' artistic and romantic entanglements to the fore. In a \u003cem\u003eParent Trap\u003c\/em\u003e-esque twist, Joe and Sam switch places, albeit to less-than-heartwarming results. When our protagonists finally collide at the reunion on the banks of Lake Michigan, they're forced to answer an inevitable question: \u003cem\u003eCan either of us truly live while the other is still alive?\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInspired as much by Elena Ferrante's Neapolitan Quartet as '90s sex comedies, the Eichners' novel is at once a moving portrait of brotherhood, an antic satire of the entertainment industry, and a profound exploration of what it means to be an original when your very existence threatens to make you redundant.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Akashic Books, Ltd.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/10\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781636143194\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 296","brand":"Sam Eichner,Joe Eichner","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53273541902517,"sku":"9781636143194","price":24.61,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/9781636143194.jpg?v=1789486128","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/our-greatest-work-a-novel-by-twins-9781636143194","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}