{"product_id":"the-double-life-is-twice-as-good-paperback-1","title":"The Double Life Is Twice as Good - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJonathan Ames\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWildly original novelist, essayist, and performance artist Jonathan Ames delivers a hilarious, risqué, and loveable selection of articles, essays, and fiction, including several previously unpublished pieces.In The Double Life Is Twice as Good, fans will be treated to a deft and charming compilation of Ames's journalism, personal essays, and short fiction. Featuring illuminating profiles of Marilyn Manson and Lenny Kravitz, his adventures at a goth festival in the Midwest, a story written for Esquire on a napkin, as well as a comic strip collaboration with graphic artist Nick Bertozzi, Ames's unique style and personality-driven humor shines throughout this wickedly funny collection. Also included is the short story, \"Bored to Death,\" a Raymond Chandler-esque tale about a struggling writer-turned-detective who becomes quickly embroiled in the search for a missing college co-ed, which inspired the HBO series of the same name. Described by The Portland Oregonian as \"an edgier David Sedaris,\" Ames will have you hooked with this brilliant collection.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJonathan Ames \u003c\/b\u003eis also the author of\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eI Pass Like Night\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Extra Man, What's Not to Love?, My Less Than Secret Life, Wake Up, Sir!, I Love You More Than You Know, \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e The Alcoholic\u003c\/i\u003e. He is the editor of\u003ci\u003e Sexual Metamorphosis: An Anthology of Transsexual Memoirs \u003c\/i\u003eand is the winner of\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003ea Guggenheim Fellowship. He has had two amateur box- ing matches, fighting as \"The Herring Wonder\" and lives in Brooklyn, New York.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 224\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 8.3 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 14, 2009\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52638424891699,"sku":"9781439102336","price":23.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/aU52Q2QwNG5iZ21oMTZ1TWhGby9Hdz09_c651ff07-b742-4f1f-a18b-d7294abebce9.webp?v=1762319018","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/the-double-life-is-twice-as-good-paperback-1","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}