{"product_id":"my-search-for-warren-harding-robert-plunket","title":"My Search for Warren Harding (Robert Plunket)","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'One of the most original comic novels of the past half century' \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e'Will leave you so giddy you'll go and kick sand in somebody's face' \u003ci\u003eHouston Post\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003ePerfect for fans of \u003ci\u003eA Confederacy of Dunces\u003c\/i\u003e, this is\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eRobert Plunket's comic masterpiece: a breakneck, unhinged romp through 1980's LA  \u003c\/b\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEliot Weiner - snob, shameless opportunist, Morris dancing-obsessive - is on a mission. He has got wind of a trunk of bawdy love letters by Warren Harding, 'the shallowest President in history', now guarded by his octogenarian mistress on her crumbling Hollywood Hills estate. They could reignite his failing academic career - and there's no depth to which he won't stoop, no preposterous scheme he won't undertake, to get at them.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith an Introduction by Danzy Senna\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'The author pulled me in so deftly, that after a hundred pages, I seemed to have turned over the keys, so to speak, of my nervous system' Frank Conroy, \u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A riotous debut: \u003ci\u003eThe Aspern Papers\u003c\/i\u003e performed by the Brothers Marx' \u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Nothing this funny is being written today' \u003ci\u003eJacobin\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAutorenportrait\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eRobert Plunket\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Greenville, Texas, in 1945, but raised in Havana and Mexico City. After college he moved to New York and became Mr Chatterbox, the gossip columnist for \u003ci\u003eSarasota Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e. He has published two novels, \u003ci\u003eMy Search for Warren Harding \u003c\/i\u003e(1983) and \u003ci\u003eLove Junkie \u003c\/i\u003e(1992). He is retired and lives in a trailer park in Englewood, Florida, where he enjoys collecting old quilts and raising succulents from scratch.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eWeitere Angaben\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eBuch (Paperback), B-format paperback, Englisch, 304 Seiten\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Weltbild.ch: Bücher \u0026 Outlet","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":65849503514973,"sku":"K097237874","price":10.8,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0911\/8915\/0045\/files\/9723787400001A.jpg?v=1788799309","url":"https:\/\/weltbild.ch\/products\/my-search-for-warren-harding-robert-plunket","provider":"Weltbild.ch Bücher \u0026 Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}