{"product_id":"the-papaya-king-9781733258531","title":"The Papaya King","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"An eccentric outsider is baffled by contemporary Manhattan in this engrossing second novel\" by Adam Pelzman. --\u003cem\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBobby Walser's tragic childhood has left him a man frozen in time and mired in a world of his own making--one that has little in common with reality. Genteel and old-fashioned, his manners and habits are more suited to an aristocrat from a Chekhov play than to a young man on Manhattan's Upper West Side.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHaunted by his failure to live up to the legacy of his great father, Walser's sense of ineffectuality is compounded when he suffers a series of deflating professional setbacks. He's baffled by the people around him, and his only solace is the hope of a romance--conducted via handwritten letters--with a mysterious woman who may not even exist.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs his despair with twenty-first century life reaches a breaking point, Walser bristles at a newly constructed sculpture that represents everything he loathes about these times. Realizing that he has more to care about--and fight for--outside himself, he marches toward a final showdown with this towering symbol of oppressive technology.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"This is another entrancing, deeply memorable offering from Pelzman ... Devilishly sharp social commentary.\" --\u003cem\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Jackson Heights Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/15\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781733258531\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 202\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.52lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.99h x 5.24w x 0.46d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/15\/2019 pg. 234\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Adam Pelzman","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36667804319900,"sku":"9781733258531","price":12.71,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_0c4e9d3e-7544-48a8-9a73-07f46703fd33.jpg?v=1603915845","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-papaya-king-9781733258531","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}