{"product_id":"the-unfortunates-b-s-johnson","title":"The Unfortunates. B. S. Johnson","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNow back in print in a limited quantity, B.S. Johnson’s lost classic has been showered with praise: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eNew York Magazine\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e named \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Unfortunates\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e one of their Ten Best Books of 2008, listed in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2008\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe L.A. Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e declared it to be “his most daring work.” A legendary 1960s experiment in form, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Unfortunates\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is B. S. Johnson’s famous “book in a box,” in which the chapters are presented unbound, to be read in any order the reader chooses. A sportswriter, sent to a Midlands town on a weekly assignment, finds himself confronted by ghosts from the past when he disembarks at the train station. Memories of one of his best, most trusted friends, a tragically young victim of cancer, begin to flood through his mind as he attempts to go about the routine business of reporting a soccer match.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"ND BOOKS","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47481865666902,"sku":null,"price":26.5,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0345\/2121\/9205\/files\/shopify_1_4357d9ba-fe94-450b-8a4f-a5dbce5f0e7b.png?v=1704734784","url":"https:\/\/todomodo.live\/en\/products\/the-unfortunates-b-s-johnson","provider":"Todo Modo","version":"1.0","type":"link"}