{"product_id":"portrait-of-a-drug-dealer-tom-cellar-9781491769027","title":"Portrait of a Drug Dealer","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"The off ramp came as a surprise. Mechanically, I turned the steering wheel. Windshield wipers were keeping time with the pulsing bass pumping out the amp in the trunk, rain sliced through the night sky pelting a dreary line of soulless metallic shells. My knuckles were white, my palms sweaty. As I tried to light a cigarette, the numbness permeating my whole body intensified in my thumb, thwarting my attempts to spark the lighter. I had lost too much blood. Tears came rushing to my eyes, but I stifled them with a long snort. This was no time for weakness. It did not matter that I was alone in the car.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWeakness is a choice. Certainly there are those who are predisposed to weakness, to cowardice, but it is inevitably a choice for which there is no excuse. One may point to past traumatic experiences, one may use their upbringing to rationalize character defects, but it always comes down to a choice. People choose to be weak, and that for me was not a choice. Well, it was a choice, but one that would ultimately lead to either prison or the grave.\" \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e-excerpt from Portrait of a Drug Dealer\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Tom Cellar\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1491769025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781491769027\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e iUniverse\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/09\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 242\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.54lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.51d","brand":"Tom Cellar","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44066070790399,"sku":"9781491769027","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_6076517c-28f8-4f61-abbb-ac7663a90315.jpg?v=1685405173","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/portrait-of-a-drug-dealer-tom-cellar-9781491769027","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}