{"product_id":"the-man-who-never-was-peter-e-murphy-9781947021617","title":"The Man Who Never Was","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Man Who Never Was\u003c\/em\u003e was a failed TV show from the late Sixties whose protagonist was a spy named Peter Murphy. The poems in \u003cem\u003eThe Man Who Never Was\u003c\/em\u003e borrow the titles of the show's 19 episodes and explore identities, politics, lies (Sorry, that's redundant), and personal mythology while shamelessly punning and quoting from Murphy's Law, The Peter Principle, The Dropkick Murphys and the English post-punk-godfather of Goth, Peter Murphy. If that weren't enough, the poems test the reader's patience by alluding to celebrities such as Lance Armstrong, Robert Blake, James Gandolfini, Greta Garbo, Samuel Johnson, Dee Dee Ramone, Jada Pinkett-Smith and others born on the author's birthday, September 18, as well as Daj Hammarskjöld and Jimi Hendrix who died on that same date. What a mess.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Peter E. Murphy\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1947021613\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781947021617\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Unsolicited Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/20\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 54\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.14lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.11d","brand":"Peter E. Murphy","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48445949018367,"sku":"9781947021617","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_3a03f115-4fd0-4740-9e16-d707277b59ad.jpg?v=1777221694","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-man-who-never-was-peter-e-murphy-9781947021617","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}