{"product_id":"jack-the-modernist-9781681379715","title":"Jack the Modernist","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Robert Glück | Rob Halpern\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: New York Review of Books\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: New York Review of Books\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: LGBTQ+ - Gay\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA cult classic now back in print, this novel about sex, obsession, and art is one of the defining works of 1980s gay fiction.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA classic of postmodern fiction, Robert Gl�ck's \u003ci\u003eJack the Modernist\u003c\/i\u003e portrays the slow disintegration of a love affair set in the early 1980s. Bob is excited and lonely. He meets and pursues the elusive Jack, a director who is able to transform others without altering himself. Bob goes to the baths, gossips on the phone, goes to a bar, thinks about werewolves, has an orgasm, and discovers a number of truths about Jack. Out of print for decades, Gl�ck's paean to desire and obsession explores the everyday in an idiom both intimate and lush. Sensual as well as sensational, self-conscious, but never self-serious, \u003ci\u003eJack the Modernist \u003c\/i\u003eis a candid and heartfelt lover's discourse unlike any other.","brand":"Atlantic Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46317015728279,"sku":"9781681379715","price":1168.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781681379715.webp?v=1767710433","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/jack-the-modernist-9781681379715","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}