{"product_id":"meiselman-the-lean-years-paperback","title":"Meiselman: The Lean Years - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAvner Landes\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMeiselman has had enough.\u003c\/b\u003e After a life spent playing by the rules, this lonely thirty-six-year-old man--\"number two\" at a suburban Chicago public library, in charge of events and programs, and in no control whatsoever over his fantasies about his domineering boss--is looking to come out on top, at last. What seems like an ordinary week in 2004 will prove to be a golden opportunity (at least in his mind) to reverse a lifetime of petty humiliations. And no one--not his newly observant wife, not the Holocaust survivor neighbor who regularly disturbs his sleep with her late-night gardening, and certainly not the former-classmate-turned-renowned-author who's returning to the library for a triumphant literary homecoming--will stand in his way.\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eMeiselman\u003c\/i\u003e is a triumph of comic escalation.\"\u003cb\u003e -- Sam Lipsyte, author of \u003ci\u003eHark\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Ask\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eAvner Landes earned an M.F.A. from Columbia University, and works as a ghostwriter. He grew up in Skokie, Illinois, in a family that came to Chicagoland in the early 1900s; he now lives near Tel Aviv with his wife and two children. \u003cbr\u003e Find him on Twitter: @AvnerLandes\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 416\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.93 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 09, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42692728193087,"sku":"9781948954143","price":23.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/01863340a83cfc5c88fbeb8bb6e53a63.webp?v=1764996410","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/meiselman-the-lean-years-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}