{"product_id":"subtext-frank-angeletti-9781941907511","title":"Subtext: A Nervous Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003eRife with local color and laugh-out-loud dialogue, \u003cstrong\u003eSUBTEXT, A Nervous Novel\u003c\/strong\u003e, is a love letter to New York City in the 1990s and the irrepressible gay community.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe storyline follows a family of friends as they navigate a series of significant events set in The Big Apple. A bartender with a predilection for panic and Twenty-Year Scotch, a consummately shirtless soap opera lothario with silver-blue eyes and a Basset Hound named Frank, a Broadway starlet whose vocal chops, theatrical flops, and Clairol Nice'n Easy No. 6R Light Copper curly mops harness the power to heal sorrow-filled souls, a \"va fongooling\" Staten Island meatball merchandiser with a mishigas for malapropisms, and a muscle-ripped, motorcycle booted, sager-than-he-should-be leather daddy are among the novel's colorful characters.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen a terrifying hate crime results in a perilously dire outcome, each of the family members is forced to take tight hold of their dreams. Together they stumble upon the universal, gemstone discoveries that exist between the lines-the subtext of life, both hidden and heart-touching. The story's ultimate message delivers a riveting, personal narrative of hopes and desires, and the disappointments that must be overcome if one is to perceive all the beauty that life has to offer.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Frank Angeletti\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1941907512\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781941907511\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Firebrand Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/10\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 298\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.74d","brand":"Frank Angeletti","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44075002396927,"sku":"9781941907511","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_eee2ff84-ad02-42ed-a2c4-8e20b062ff89.jpg?v=1685457035","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/subtext-frank-angeletti-9781941907511","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}