{"product_id":"rivers-last-longer-paperback","title":"Rivers Last Longer - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRichard Burgin\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs teenagers in Brookline, Massachusetts, Barry and Elliot were best friends, sharing their passions for sports, music, movies, and girls, as well as their dreams of literary fame. Years later, when it appears Barry's mother will inherit over a million dollars, the friends start planning a literary magazine to jumpstart their careers, only to bitterly fight once the inheritance finally arrives. For six years they don't see or speak to each other. \u003cbr\u003e When they finally reunite in New York, Elliot is a struggling writer with a dead-end teaching job in Philadelphia, and Barry is a millionaire offering Elliot a free apartment where his deceased mother used to live. The friends decide to finally do the magazine they planned and seem ready to conquer the literary world, but Barry has a terrible secret and a terrifying double life that threatens to destroy not only their magazine but the woman they both fall in love with. At once a highly suspenseful psychological thriller and an ambitious literary work told from multiple points of view, \u003ci\u003eRivers Last Longer \u003c\/i\u003etakes its turns, sometimes satirically, through the New York literary, art, and film worlds as it tells its story of friendship, ambition, murder, and love.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e RICHARD BURGIN is the author of three novels and nine short story collections. His book \u003ci\u003eThe Identity Club: New and Selected Stories\u003c\/i\u003e was listed by \u003ci\u003eThe Times Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e as one of the Best Books of 2006, and three of his other story collections were listed as Notable Books of the Year by \u003ci\u003eThe Philadelphia Inquirer\u003c\/i\u003e. Five of his stories have won Pushcart Prizes, and others have been reprinted in \u003ci\u003eThe Best American Mystery Stories 2005\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Ecco Anthology of Contemporary American Short Fiction 2008\u003c\/i\u003e, among numerous others. Burgin's nonfiction books include \u003ci\u003eConversations with Jorge Luis Borges\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eConversations with Isaac Bashevis Singer\u003c\/i\u003e. He is the founding editor of \u003ci\u003eBoston Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNew York Arts Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eBoulevard\u003c\/i\u003e. \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 0.63 x 8.9 x 5.91 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 05, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42734562902079,"sku":"9781680033380","price":29.75,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/733e47c4efc3bd748b4122c54ec3f5aa.webp?v=1765140318","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/rivers-last-longer-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}