{"product_id":"sad-old-faggot-sky-gilbert-9781770413108","title":"Sad Old Faggot","description":"\u003cb\u003eA daring foray into the groundbreaking genre of autobiographical fiction\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eSad Old Faggot\u003c\/i\u003e is the absorbing, sometimes embarrassing, always entertaining story of a lonely, self-obsessed, selfish, deluded, impotent 62-year-old gay man named Sky Gilbert who -- despite his best intentions -- cannot help but become a stereotype. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSky's main claim to fame is founding Buddies in Bad Times Theatre in 1979. But since leaving Buddies, he's fallen on hard times. Sky Gilbert is no longer even remotely famous. He has to fight off his own bitterness as audiences for his plays steadily dwindle. Theatre people dismiss his work as old news and point to the fact that he teaches at the University of Guelph as proof: his descent into academia clearly signals his failure as an artist. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAll along the way, the book questions our truths and celebrates their mutability. What is \u003ci\u003ereally true\u003c\/i\u003e about each of us? What do we actually know about ourselves? And how much, it asks, of our own personal truth is based on fact -- and how much is rooted in fiction?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Sky Gilbert\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1770413103\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781770413108\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Misfit Book\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/13\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 176\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 5.00w x 0.40d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/17\/2016","brand":"Sky Gilbert","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46721341817087,"sku":"9781770413108","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_b0146b4e-d9e4-4235-83b1-d89ab8131756.jpg?v=1742752572","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/sad-old-faggot-sky-gilbert-9781770413108","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}