{"product_id":"god-was-busy-with-the-plumbing-9798259382732","title":"God Was Busy With the Plumbing","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Anton Biletskyi-Volokh\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Humorous - Black Humor\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJonathan Swanson is a former artist turned handyman. He fixes other people's pipes, sockets, doors, and boilers, while his own life has been standing face-first against the wall for years. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA few days before Christmas, Jonathan wants only quiet: tea, a book, a walk through the park, and no emergency calls. Instead, he is sent to Saint Barnabas Hospital, where a serious plumbing problem has begun rising from below. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOver the course of one strange night, Jonathan meets a prophetic park caretaker, surgeons in bear and elephant masks, doctors who joke about death, a technician who hears Brahms inside a pipe, and a neighbor who may have once belonged to a secret space program. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eGod Was Busy With the Plumbing is an absurdist literary novella about loneliness, faith, the body, work, snow, and small forms of mercy. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA darkly funny story about a world that cannot be fully repaired, but still needs someone to try.","brand":"Independently Published","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47883091247255,"sku":"9798259382732","price":1055.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9798259382732.webp?v=1781099380","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/god-was-busy-with-the-plumbing-9798259382732","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}