{"product_id":"pineapple-orileys-mike-arajs-9798201710750","title":"Pineapple O'Riley's!","description":"\u003cp\u003ePineapple O'Riley's! is a convalescent, down-the-rabbit-hole look into the life of protagonist and narrator Nick -a neurotic, sexually-repressed bachelor working in a themed family restaurant that juxtaposes Hawaiian cuisine with traditional Irish pub fare in a cacophonous and fantastical fusion. The action follows Nick's declining mental state as he searches for love as a sycophant waiter lodged helplessly in his 30's, struggling to endear himself to the autonomous and enigmatic Maggy -a fellow waiter\/waitress who is his equal as an oddity and social outcast.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlready suffering the isolating and depressive affects of CTE from years of rugby and boxing injuries, Nick suffers a concussion when he's struck by a wayward food tray during a busy dinner shift. The head trauma that he suffers triggers a schizoid episode during which a pornography actress supernaturally intervenes into his life and instructs him to recapture his past by revisiting his childhood growing up among the neon decay of Tourist Town.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePineapple O'Riley's is a darkly aimed satire of the food industry and of the hyper-capitalist world in which it is set -at its centre is the contestation of corporate trend's power to commoditize culture and cuisine, as well as to shape our understanding of dating and sex.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mike Arajs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798201710750\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Mike Arajs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/26\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 146\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.39lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.31d","brand":"Mike Arajs","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48850874073343,"sku":"9798201710750","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/pineapple-orileys-mike-arajs-9798201710750","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}