{"product_id":"unprofessionals-julie-hecht-9781416564270","title":"Unprofessionals","description":"\u003cb\u003eThere is no American writer alive who is funnier, more inquisitive, or more surprising than Julie Hecht.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Unprofessionals, \u003c\/i\u003e her first novel, whose narrator also told the stories in the author's bestselling collection \u003ci\u003eDo the Windows Open?, \u003c\/i\u003e is a triumph of tragicomedy. The book follows the odd friendship between the narrator -- a photographer in her late forties -- and a precocious raconteur, identified only as The Boy, whom she has known since his childhood. As the narrator and the young man regale each other with tales of the way Americans live now, she is also telling the story of his path to heroin addiction and his many attempts to recover. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Unprofessionals\u003c\/i\u003e is a masterpiece of comic despair, illuminating our bewildering century, and a hilarious and sad story of two outsiders who see the world with painful clarity -- and as a whole, a novel of unexampled originality.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Julie Hecht\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1416564276\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781416564270\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Simon \u0026amp; Schuster\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/12\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.51lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.42h x 6.30w x 0.66d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/07\/2008 pg. 24","brand":"Julie Hecht","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43986829279487,"sku":"9781416564270","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_09842a6f-f30c-4d47-aa9b-1da42fcba249.jpg?v=1683285426","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/unprofessionals-julie-hecht-9781416564270","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}