{"product_id":"the-cry-of-the-sloth-paperback","title":"The Cry of the Sloth - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSam Savage\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe four-month odyssey of a literary lowlife.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSet in middle America during the economic hard times of the Nixon era, this tragicomic, epistolary masterpiece chronicles everything Andrew Whittaker--literary journal editor, negligent landlord, and aspiring novelist--commits to paper over the course of four critical months. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom his letters, diary entries, and fragments of fiction, to grocery lists and posted signs, we find our hero hounded by tenants and creditors, harassed by a loathsome local arts group, tormented by his ex-wife, and living on a diet of fried Spam, cupcakes, and Southern Comfort. Determined to redeem his failures and eviscerate his enemies, Whittaker hatches a grand plan. But as winter nears, his difficulties accumulate, and the disorder of his life threatens to overwhelm him. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA send-up of the literary life and the loneliness and madness that accompanies it, Sam Savage proves that all the evidence is in the writing, that all the world is, indeed, a stage, and that escape from the mind's prison requires a command performance.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eSam Savage is the best-selling author of \u003ci\u003eFirmin: Adventures of a Metropolitan Lowlife\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Cry of the Sloth\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGlass\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Way of the Dog\u003c\/i\u003e. A native of South Carolina, Savage holds a PhD in philosophy from Yale University. He was a finalist for the Barnes \u0026amp; Noble Discover Great New Writers Award, the PEN L.L. Winship Award, and the Society of Midland Authors Award. Savage resides in Madison, Wisconsin.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 224\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 7.7 x 4.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 01, 2009\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53477252727091,"sku":"9781566892315","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0990\/0746\/3731\/files\/PrO19ML9md9781566892315.webp?v=1781613004","url":"https:\/\/rbangel-store.myshopify.com\/products\/the-cry-of-the-sloth-paperback","provider":"The Celestial Starlit Phoenix ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}