{"product_id":"to-an-early-grave-wallace-markfield-9781564782618","title":"To an Early Grave","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhen Leslie Braverman passes away at the early age of 41, four of his closest friends are reunited on an odyssey through the streets of Brooklyn in a beat-up Volkswagen searching for the funeral parlor. In a series of fits, starts and wrong-turns, the comedic banter that suffuses the journey of these four Jewish proponents of New Criticism and little-magazine writing is quietly transformed into a quest for the intellectual, emotional and sentimental aura of the past.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe basis for the 1968 movie \"Bye Bye Braverman,\" \"To An Early Grave\" is a testament to the exuberant inventiveness of Wallace Markfield's writing.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Wallace Markfield\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1564782611\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781564782618\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Dalkey Archive Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/01\/2000\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 255\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.72lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.91h x 5.44w x 0.71d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/15\/2001 pg. 112\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wallace Markfield","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43987885555967,"sku":"9781564782618","price":12.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_0eaae58f-aa3b-4f43-a3a4-6f3225e3e41b.jpg?v=1683291431","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/to-an-early-grave-wallace-markfield-9781564782618","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}