{"product_id":"the-breaks-richard-price-9780312566517","title":"The Breaks","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the author of \u003ci\u003eClockers \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eLush Life \u003c\/i\u003ecomes this glorious, gritty comedy (\u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e) Richard Price's \u003ci\u003eThe Breaks.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePeter Keller, first college grad from a working-class Yonkers family, thought he was on the road to success. Until no law school wanted him. As he watches his friends advance into promising careers, he jumps from job to job---mail clerk, phone solicitor, stand-up comic---until he breaks down and starts phoning in bomb threats on his own house. He's going to have to work hard to change the pattern of self-sabotage that has defined most of his life. And taking that job at his alma mater as a teacher of freshman comp and starting an affair with a violently psychotic ex-wife of a colleague probably won't help matters. Richard Price's brilliant comic novel is a classic tale of a young man trying to find his place in the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Richard Price\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0312566514\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780312566517\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Picador USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/21\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 480\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.85lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.50w x 0.80d","brand":"Richard Price","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43992936153343,"sku":"9780312566517","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_ce88efa0-21e4-43a6-929f-90314610961b.jpg?v=1683321626","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-breaks-richard-price-9780312566517","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}