{"product_id":"savage-recreation-hardcover","title":"Savage Recreation - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eIan Bloom\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIan Bloom wrote \u003cem\u003eSavage Recreation\u003c\/em\u003e at age 24 in summer residence at the Bowery Hotel, New York, financed by a phantom movie director, at which point, Bloom was then cast in the Warner Brothers film \u003cem\u003eThe Nice Guys\u003c\/em\u003e to smoke cigarettes opposite Ryan Gosling, who supposedly became concerned Bloom would perhaps steal the scene, so Bloom, ever the gentleman, chose to nap and pass the scene to the stuntman, courtesy of directorial permissions.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHis second novel, \u003cem\u003eSavage Recreation\u003c\/em\u003e evokes the existential brutality of Dostoyevsky's \u003cem\u003eNotes from the Underground\u003c\/em\u003e, laced with William Burroughs' \u003cem\u003eNaked Lunch\u003c\/em\u003e, and slivers of Ernest Hemingway's \u003cem\u003eFor Whom The Bell Tolls\u003c\/em\u003e. Bloom wrote this while reading Thomas Pynchon's \u003cem\u003eGravity's Rainbow\u003c\/em\u003e, but only up to the casino.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 136\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 15, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42702700085311,"sku":"9781944527952","price":37.31,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/3560242332f44dfd54ea4070e5c383ac_4163a658-674b-4b84-a336-85407100c193.webp?v=1765025924","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/savage-recreation-hardcover","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}