{"product_id":"watching-paint-dry-john-burbidge-9780984021000","title":"Watching Paint Dry: Stories from the Trade","description":"\u003cp\u003eJohn Burbidge has aimed his brush, roller, and spray gun at everything from ritzy mansions to trashy trailers. He's gone underground to paint sewage-treatment plants and risked death to paint factory ceilings. He has no doubt inhaled enough noxious dust and paint fumes to shorten his life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut he's not dead yet. And the captivating characters he has encountered along the way have more than offset the toils of painting for a living. Ex-cons, addicts, drifting college grads, even a guy with a hole in his head-that's your typical paint crew, bonded only by the fact that they're caught in a job society thinks is for simpletons. In \u003ci\u003eWatching Paint Dry, \u003c\/i\u003e John Burbidge scrapes beneath the surface of painting's reputation for monotony while intimately portraying the men and women who craft the backdrop to our civilization.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Informative, funny, and sometimes heartbreaking . . . this is a book you will want to recommend to everyone you know.\"\u003c\/p\u003e--Sharon Barrett, \u003ci\u003eChicago Sun-Times\u003c\/i\u003e book critic for 28 years\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e John Burbidge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0984021000\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780984021000\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Hphr\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/27\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 178\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.46lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.25w x 0.41d","brand":"John Burbidge","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43989681537279,"sku":"9780984021000","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_92a43980-6792-4408-836d-50f06260c047.jpg?v=1683300853","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/watching-paint-dry-john-burbidge-9780984021000","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}