{"product_id":"bad-eminence-hardcover","title":"Bad Eminence - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJames Greer\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMeet Vanessa Salomon, a privileged and misanthropic French-American translator hailing from a wealthy Parisian family. Her twin sister is a famous movie star, which Vanessa resents deeply and daily. The only man Vanessa ever loved recently killed himself by jumping off the roof of her building. It's a full life. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Vanessa has just started working on an English translation of a titillating, experimental thriller by a dead author when she's offered a more prominent gig: translating the latest book by an Extremely Famous French Writer who is not in any way based on Michel Houellebecq. As soon as she agrees to meet this writer, however, her other, more obscure project begins to fight back--leading Vanessa down into a literary hell of traps and con games and sadism and doppelgangers and mystic visions and strange assignations and, finally, the secret of life itself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePeppered with \"sponsored content\" providing cocktail recipes utilizing a brand of liquor imported by the film director Steven Soderbergh, and with a cameo from the actress Juno Temple, \u003ci\u003eBad Eminence\u003c\/i\u003e is at once an old-school literary satire in the mode of Vladimir Nabokov as well as a jolly thumb in the eyes of contemporary screen-life and digital celebrity. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJames Greer is a novelist, screenwriter, and musician. His previous books include the novels \u003ci\u003eArtificial Light\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Failure\u003c\/i\u003e, and the story collection \u003ci\u003eEverything Flows\u003c\/i\u003e. As a screenwriter, he's written or cowritten written several movies, including \u003ci\u003eMax Keeble's Big Move\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eJust My Luck\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Spy Next Door\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eUnsane\u003c\/i\u003e. He's also played in a number of not-very-well known indie-rock bands.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 224\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.18 x 7.87 x 4.96 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 05, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42698723262527,"sku":"9781913505349","price":31.14,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/605bdc754bf347524e7e648f9f1e7c35.webp?v=1765011159","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/bad-eminence-hardcover","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}