{"product_id":"the-breaks-paperback","title":"The Breaks - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRichard Price\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the author of \u003ci\u003eClockers \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eLush Life \u003c\/i\u003ecomes this glorious, gritty comedy (\u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e) Richard Price's \u003ci\u003eThe Breaks.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePeter Keller, first college grad from a working-class Yonkers family, thought he was on the road to success. Until no law school wanted him. As he watches his friends advance into promising careers, he jumps from job to job---mail clerk, phone solicitor, stand-up comic---until he breaks down and starts phoning in bomb threats on his own house. He's going to have to work hard to change the pattern of self-sabotage that has defined most of his life. And taking that job at his alma mater as a teacher of freshman comp and starting an affair with a violently psychotic ex-wife of a colleague probably won't help matters. Richard Price's brilliant comic novel is a classic tale of a young man trying to find his place in the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRichard Price\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of seven novels, including \u003ci\u003eLush Life, Clockers, Freedomland, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eSamaritan\u003c\/i\u003e. He wrote the screenplays for the films\u003ci\u003e Sea of Love, Ransom, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Color of Money\u003c\/i\u003e, for which he received an Academy Award nomination. He won the 2007 Edgar Award for Best TV writing as a co-writer for the HBO series \u003ci\u003eThe Wire\u003c\/i\u003e. Price was also awarded a Literature Award from The American Academy of Arts and Letters. He lives in New York City.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 480\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 8.2 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 21, 2011\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42694779535423,"sku":"9780312566517","price":32.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/40fa7ce71275269df6afd3ca502402f7.webp?v=1765002070","url":"https:\/\/dhl-adrianne.myshopify.com\/products\/the-breaks-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}