{"product_id":"the-extra-man-jonathan-ames-9780671015589","title":"The Extra Man","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"A storyteller of refreshing inventiveness and subtlety\" (\u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e), Jonathan Ames has won critical raves for this delightful \"comedy of impeccable manners with a debauched '90s spin\" (\u003ci\u003eElle\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMeet Louis Ives: well-groomed, romantic, and as captivating as an F. Scott Fitzgerald hero. Only this hero has a penchant for ladies clothes, and he's lost his teaching post at Princeton's Pretty Brook Day School after an unfortunate incident involving a colleague's brassiere. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMeet Henry Harrison: former actor, failed but brilliant playwright, and a well-seasoned escort for New York City's women of means. He dances alone to Ethel Merman records, second-acts operas, and performs his scrappy life with the dignity befitting a self-styled man of the world. What can this ageless Don Quixote of the Upper East Side have to offer a young gentleman such as Louis? What, indeed. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWell, the answer lies somewhere between the needs of an irascible mentor and the education of his eager apprentice...between cocktails on the Upper East Side and an even more intoxicating treat along the secret fringes of Times Square...and between friendship and longing.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jonathan Ames\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0671015583\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780671015589\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Scribner Book Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/01\/1999\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 384\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.74lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.29h x 5.30w x 1.01d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eIngram Advance\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/01\/1999 pg. 36\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/05\/1999 pg. 24","brand":"Jonathan Ames","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43920443965695,"sku":"9780671015589","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_7ab78154-5a81-4602-98d2-2f76a6d61895.jpg?v=1680815397","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-extra-man-jonathan-ames-9780671015589","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}