{"product_id":"the-sweetmeat-saga-paperback","title":"The Sweetmeat Saga - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eG. F. Gravenson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn April 24, 1966, Pookie and Paul Sweetmeat, rock idols of America's youth, mysteriously disappeared from their hotel room in New York City. G. F. Gravenson's \u003cem\u003eThe Sweetmeat Saga\u003c\/em\u003e is the documented account of subsequent events.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eThe Sweetmeat Saga, An Epic Story of the Sixties\u003c\/em\u003e deserves to be left in a time capsule because it beautifully describes the decade without drifting into maudlin nostalgia. . . . The best thing about \u003cem\u003eThe Sweetmeat Saga\u003c\/em\u003e is the way it's told. Instead of ordinary sentences and paragraphs, Gravenson has dropped standard literary form altogether and used snippets of conversation, plot, and commercials to create an intricate aural collage; like the Firesign Theatre on paper, or maybe more like constantly flipping the TV dial and trying to piece together a story from seemingly unrelated fragments. . . . \u003cem\u003eThe Sweetmeat Saga\u003c\/em\u003e might be hard to find because it was first published in 1971 and has since gone out of print. But just wait and read it when you get the chance. It has its flaws, but these are far outweighed by its plate-juggling literary technique and its har-dee-har type humor.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e - \u003cem\u003eThe Cincinnati Enquirer\u003c\/em\u003e, April 7, 1973\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.54 x 10.88 x 8 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 05, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42097181982855,"sku":"9780578383255","price":30.22,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/bea77a585f724317fe312331f9f9a05c.webp?v=1732349332","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/the-sweetmeat-saga-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}