{"product_id":"louse-david-grand-9781250063632","title":"Louse","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e Best Book of the Year \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHerbert Horatio Poppy Blackwell was once a daring aviator, an illustrious movie producer, and a brilliant businessman. A Howard Hughes-like mogul, Poppy has become a recluse with paralyzing fears of infection. Cloistered in the penthouse high above his desert gambling empire, he is attended by a small army of maids and footmen and lawyers and physicians, who live in a state of constant surveillance as they cater to his eccentric, paranoid demands.\u003cbr\u003e Herman Q. Louse is Poppy's valet, one of the many indentured servants who have racked up an insurmountable debt in his casino (and whose long-term memories have subsequently been erased). Louse's primary duty is to administer Poppy's medication: near-lethal doses of benzodiazepines. But as he goes about his carefully monitored business, he becomes aware of a growing conspiracy against Poppy and becomes his unlikely protector--that is, until people start to point fingers at Louse.\u003cbr\u003e Dark, disturbing, yet acerbically funny, \u003ci\u003eLouse\u003c\/i\u003e by David Grand is a vividly imagined tale, at once timely and unforgettable.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e David Grand\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1250063639\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781250063632\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e St. Martins Press-3PL\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/24\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.70h x 5.40w x 0.50d","brand":"David Grand","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44065192116479,"sku":"9781250063632","price":21.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_c3e49dac-fec4-4bb2-ad14-ee7891ef0268.jpg?v=1685399935","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/louse-david-grand-9781250063632","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}