{"product_id":"raw-a-love-story-paperback","title":"Raw: A Love Story - 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\u003eMark Haskell Smith\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn \"audacious satire\" of high culture, low standards, reality TV, and instant fame by the author of \u003ci\u003eMoist \u003c\/i\u003e(\u003ci\u003eVanity Fair\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSweet natured and as dumb as a bag of hammers, Sepp Gregory parlayed his six-pack abs and broken heart into overnight success on the insanely popular \"reality-based\" television show \u003ci\u003eSex Crib\u003c\/i\u003e. Now, \u003ci\u003ePeople\u003c\/i\u003e magazine's \"sexiest man alive\" is touring the country with his bestselling debut novel, a barely fictionalized memoir he neither wrote nor read. He's signing books shirtless, so no one cares--except for struggling novelist and bastion of intellectualism, Harriet Post.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne of the blogosphere's stuffiest literary minds, Harriet believes Sepp is the very definition of the apocalypse. Determined to pen an exposé on the publishing industry, Harriet hijacks the book tour and uncovers the ghostwriter. But when her self-righteous campaign ends in a tragic accident, reality collides with \"reality\" and Sepp and Harriet take it on the lam. Hightailing it on a sex-fueled road trip through the Southwest, Harriet is finally in step with contemporary culture.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eComing \"across as the slightly more well-adjusted offspring of Hunter S. Thompson and James Ellroy,\" Mark Haskell Smith is at his raucous best in this \"incisive, caustic . . . hilarious and . . . unexpectedly sweet illustration of why we write and read in the first place\" (\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Subversively funny . . . Think Don DeLillo meets Jersey Shore.\" --\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Wrap\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Both hilarious and absurd. You'll laugh (and sometimes blush) the whole way through.\" --\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003ePeople\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMark Haskell Smith\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of five novels, \u003ci\u003eMoist, Delicious, Salty, Baked, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eRaw\u003c\/i\u003e, and the non-fiction \u003ci\u003eHeart of Dankness: Underground Botanists, Outlaw Farmers, and the Race for the Cannabis Cup\u003c\/i\u003e. His work has also appeared in the \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e, Vulture, \u003ci\u003eNational Post\u003c\/i\u003e, and the \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e. Smith is an award-winning screenwriter and assistant professor in the MFA program for Writing and Writing for the Performing Arts at the University of California, Riverside, Palm Desert Graduate Center. He lives in Los Angeles. He likes Mexican food.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 352\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 8.1 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 03, 2013\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50575106146443,"sku":"9780802122018","price":29.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0670\/2579\/7259\/files\/LhTsg6cuKO9780802122018.webp?v=1790787055","url":"https:\/\/thetaletrade.com\/products\/raw-a-love-story-paperback","provider":"The Tale Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}