false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1177421462m/702295.jpg 702295 2 <p>From the author of the cult classic <i>The Fuck-Up</i> comes a vicious new tale of art, drugs, love, and death on the Lower East Side.</p> <p>Orloff Trenchant is a painter who sells books on West 4th Street in Manhattan and is obsessed with mastering his craft. Desperate for cash, Or agrees to take a commission no one else will touch: he has three weeks to carve a headstone for a recently deceased restaurateur -- a Chinese takeout box. As Or attempts to make his deadline, he navigates among a toxic mix of fellow artists, struggling gallery owners, bloodsucking art dealers, his politically active friends, and a haunting addict poet whose life is more out of control than Or's own.</p> <p>Nersesian's prose is sparkling and hypnotic in this brutal and comic story that will make you wonder if life and art are two different things.</p> 688589 1 8 2003 Chinese Takeout: A Novel total:334|5:63|4:133|3:109|2:24|1:5| 334 1227 447 28 3 1 false false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Thu May 17 15:12:07 -0700 2007 Thu May 17 15:13:28 -0700 2007
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it's gritty, raw, and describes well an undercurrent among a world of artists and drugs in a part of new york city. i'm not really easily of...more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Mon Sep 24 21:31:49 -0700 2007 Mon Sep 24 21:41:33 -0700 2007 more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Aug 22 08:42:48 -0700 2008 Thu Aug 28 17:52:54 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Nov 01 14:23:05 -0700 2008 Sat Nov 01 19:04:35 -0700 2008 1 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Wed Jan 23 17:27:34 -0800 2008 Wed Jan 23 17:27:34 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Jan 20 11:11:51 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 20 11:13:27 -0800 2009 ]]> 3 0 false false Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 25 12:11:47 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 25 12:13:19 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Fri May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue May 05 14:49:44 -0700 2009 Sat May 23 17:27:40 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Sun Sep 06 08:06:59 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 06 08:07:35 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Tue Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Jun 27 08:22:13 -0700 2008 Mon Jun 30 08:06:15 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2005 Wed May 16 10:58:19 -0700 2007 Wed May 16 11:00:28 -0700 2007 more...]]> 2 0 false false Wed Mar 12 08:47:47 -0700 2008 Wed Mar 12 09:06:10 -0700 2008
I found it a little too pretentious in the way it spoke about "...more...]]> 4 0 true false Mon Sep 03 12:28:39 -0700 2007 Tue Aug 21 22:34:07 -0700 2007 Mon Sep 03 12:24:45 -0700 2007 more...]]> 3 0 true false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Sun Jun 03 10:47:20 -0700 2007 Sun Jun 03 10:49:22 -0700 2007 1 0 false false Tue Nov 03 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Jul 02 21:37:41 -0700 2009 Tue Nov 03 09:01:27 -0800 2009 5 0 false false Wed Jan 09 15:09:09 -0800 2008 Wed Jan 09 15:38:21 -0800 2008 3 0 false false Sat Mar 24 14:53:45 -0700 2007 Sat Mar 24 14:56:40 -0700 2007 4 0 false false Wed May 14 11:14:24 -0700 2008 Wed May 14 11:15:38 -0700 2008 4 0 false false Mon Oct 20 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Sep 20 05:59:58 -0700 2008 Mon Oct 20 09:44:37 -0700 2008 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=702295