{"product_id":"the-mezcal-crack-up-paul-di-filippo-9781479450046","title":"The Mezcal Crack-Up","description":"\u003cp\u003ePerpetual scam artists Glen and Stan find themselves with a million-dollar stake after their last exploit. Of course, this money must be invested to provide for their future. Why? Because the boys must now go straight. Their notoriety from previous adventures now makes it impossible for them to continue as scammers. The trouble is, they can't agree on an investment.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStan impulsively dumps his half of the money into Elysian Pavilion, a drug-and-alcohol rehab house. He wants Glen to do the same, but Glen wants to open a trendy mezcal bar.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn impassable roadblock looms before Glen in the form of the state's chief liquor distributor, Oskar Stoltz, and his scary flunky, Doug McClatchy. Stoltz hates mezcal and won't carry it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGlen's plan seems permanently stymied . . . until he meets three vital people: Trevor Yorn, young rich trustafarian with a handy venue to host parties. Araceli Zavala, a young Mexican-American woman with mythic resonance. And Fulgencio P rez, Araceli's visiting uncle from Mexican, who happens to be a maestro mezcalero, distiller supreme. All the pieces fall into place for a boutique mezcal distillery and a weekly rave, by which Glen will fulfill his dreams and get rich.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut the enmity of Stoltz and McClatchy has not abated. Danger, death, and destruction lie in the shadows--leading inexorably toward a final, apocalyptic confrontation \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Paul Di Filippo\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1479450049\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781479450046\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Wildside Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/03\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 180\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.41d","brand":"Paul Di Filippo","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43942619513087,"sku":"9781479450046","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_321273fc-eaf0-4181-8691-d303afc8ffb0.jpg?v=1681493403","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-mezcal-crack-up-paul-di-filippo-9781479450046","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}