{"product_id":"9780571315598-the-motel-life","title":"The Motel Life","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cp\u003eOpening like an early Tom Waits barstool-tale, \u003cb\u003eThe Motel Life\u003c\/b\u003e tells the story of two brothers, Frank and Jerry Lee.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eOpening like an early Tom Waits barstool-tale, \u003cb\u003eThe Motel Life\u003c\/b\u003e tells the story of two brothers, Frank and Jerry Lee. Taking to the road in an attempt to escape the hit and run accident caused by Jerry Lee, the novel goes back to tell the story of their unhappy lives. With intense feeling and compassion, Vlautin explores the frustrations and failed dreams of the two brothers - one a natural storyteller, the other an artist - and renders perfectly the sense of entrapment they feel. Will the kid's death shock them out of their torpor or send them ever deeper into trouble? Can Annie James, a girl from their past, offer them any sort of redemption, however slim?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eInterspersed with drawings that come to form an integral part of the narrative, \u003cb\u003eThe Motel Life\u003c\/b\u003e is a poetic, moving, beautifully naïve and tragic fictional debut. Alongside such seminal works as Annie Proulx's \u003cb\u003ePostcards\u003c\/b\u003e, Raymond Carver's \u003cb\u003eWhat we talk about when we talk about love\u003c\/b\u003e and Denis Johnson's \u003cb\u003eJesus's Son\u003c\/b\u003e, it should come to be seen as a classic of downbeat American prose.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56451343384950,"sku":"9780571315598","price":7.75,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_36358788.jpg?v=1760461981","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780571315598-the-motel-life","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}