{"product_id":"9781805337829","title":"Last Acts","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNational Book Foundation 5 Under 35 Honoree\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A taut, energetic, tender and wholly original debut' \u003c\/b\u003eGeorge Saunders\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Sammartino's brilliance and originality shine out from every page' \u003c\/b\u003eJenny Offill\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDavid Rizzo has been waiting for a sign from above. Owner of a failing firearms store in a sun-bleached corner of Arizona, he's drowning in debt and desperate for a word from his estranged adult son, Nick. When Nick is brought back from a near-fatal heroin overdose, Rizzo believes there's reason for hope: if Nick can return from the dead, so can his business.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe flailing father-son duo embark on a marketing ploy to create the most compelling television commercial for a gun emporium the world has ever seen. But their relationship is fragile, mired in things left unsaid, and when Rizzo unknowingly supplies the weapon in a school shooting, a crash of hijinks, hope and disaster ensues.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMORE PRAISE FOR \u003ci\u003eLAST ACTS\u003c\/i\u003e:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A magnificent sentence writer'\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Precise, funny and will break your heart all at once'\u003c\/b\u003e Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'An astonishing baller of a book so pitch perfect in voice (Tony Soprano meets Samuel Beckett)'\u003c\/b\u003e Marry Karr\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Big hearted and hilarious'\u003c\/b\u003e Dana Spiotta\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Raucous, irreverent' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eChicago Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Shelf-Made.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52063390400840,"sku":"9781805337829","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0907\/1260\/5000\/files\/9781805337829_0a9db9be-461d-429a-bf34-17aa5ef6d3aa.jpg?v=1764081896","url":"https:\/\/shelfmadebooks.com\/products\/9781805337829","provider":"Shelf-Made.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}