{"product_id":"the-unfortunates-b-s-johnson-9780811217439","title":"The Unfortunates","description":"B.S. Johnson's lost classic has been showered with praise: \u003cem\u003eNew York Magazine\u003c\/em\u003e named \u003cem\u003eThe Unfortunates\u003c\/em\u003e one of their Ten Best Books of 2008, listed in \u003cem\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/em\u003e 100 Notable Books of 2008, and \u003cem\u003eThe Los Angeles Times\u003c\/em\u003e declared it to be \"his most daring work.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e A legendary 1960s experiment in form, \u003cem\u003eThe Unfortunates\u003c\/em\u003e is B. S. Johnson's famous \"book in a box,\" in which the chapters are presented unbound, to be read in any order the reader chooses. A sportswriter, sent to a Midlands town on a weekly assignment, finds himself confronted by ghosts from the past when he disembarks at the train station. Memories of one of his best, most trusted friends, a tragically young victim of cancer, begin to flood through his mind as he attempts to go about the routine business of reporting a soccer match.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The Unfortunates\u003c\/em\u003e is a book of passionate honesty and dark, courageous humor: a meditation on death and a celebration of friendship which also offers a remarkably frank self-portrait of its author.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e B. S. Johnson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0811217434\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780811217439\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New Directions Publishing Corporation\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/17\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 176\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Boxed Set\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.86lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.81h x 5.34w x 1.15d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/24\/2008 pg. 14\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/31\/2008 pg. 18\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNY Times Notable Bks of Year\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/07\/2008 pg. 10","brand":"B. S. Johnson","offers":[{"title":"Boxed Set","offer_id":44044393382143,"sku":"9780811217439","price":26.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_613ad4ee-4283-4321-bfd4-41078c6efb89.jpg?v=1684972597","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-unfortunates-b-s-johnson-9780811217439","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}