{"product_id":"service-by-john-tottenham","title":"Service by John Tottenham","description":"\u003cp\u003eLife at a bookstore in LA through the eyes of a cynical English bookseller - irascible, witty and darkly humourous at his own expense and that of his unfortunate customers\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'John Tottenham writes with a rare comic intensity' Colm Tóibín\u003cbr\u003e'My favourite nihilistic romantic' Rachel Kushner\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhat's this book about? Is there a restroom? Do you have gluten-free bagels? Do you work here? Do you have a restroom? Do I buy books or rent books or what?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe worst thing about a bookshop is the customers. Then there's the gift-wrapping, the invoicing, the stock takes. The Yelp reviews that inevitably contribute to self-loathing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn his late forties, Sean is still a frustrated bookseller who should have written his novel already. Instead, he spends his days drowning in his overwhelming sense of contempt -for LA, for its readers, for its casual disdain for service. And what, or whom, is he serving anyway?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBiting, hilarious and self-aware, John Tottenham's debut novel is a razor-sharp dissection of the modern scourges of gentrification, male vanity, jealousy and the worth of literature in a digital age.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4 data-v-7d498d3a=\"\" class=\"header-top\"\u003eAuthor bio:\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp data-v-7d498d3a=\"\"\u003eJohn Tottenham is the author of four volumes of poetry: The Inertia Variations (2004 \u0026amp; 2010), Antiepithalamia \u0026amp; Other Poems of Regret and Resentment (2012), The Hate Poems (2018), and Fresh Failure (2023). His long-standing column in Artillery is widely read, and his paintings and drawings have been exhibited in solo shows at galleries in Los Angeles and New York. Service is his first novel.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-v-7d498d3a=\"\" class=\"vm-product-fields-table\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-v-7d498d3a=\"\" class=\"vm-product-fields\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-v-7d498d3a=\"\" class=\"product-field product-field-type-S\"\u003e\n\u003cspan data-v-7d498d3a=\"\" class=\"product-fields-title\"\u003eCategory:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-v-7d498d3a=\"\" class=\"product-field-display\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-v-7d498d3a=\"\" class=\"product-field-desc\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-v-7d498d3a=\"\" class=\"product-field product-field-type-S\"\u003e\n\u003cspan data-v-7d498d3a=\"\" class=\"product-fields-title\"\u003eISBN:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-v-7d498d3a=\"\" class=\"product-field-display\"\u003e9781805227021\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-v-7d498d3a=\"\" class=\"product-field-desc\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-v-7d498d3a=\"\" class=\"product-field product-field-type-S product-field-publisher\"\u003e\n\u003cspan data-v-7d498d3a=\"\" class=\"product-fields-title\"\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-v-7d498d3a=\"\" class=\"product-field-display\"\u003eProfile Books\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-v-7d498d3a=\"\" class=\"product-field-desc\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-v-7d498d3a=\"\" class=\"product-field product-field-type-S product-field-imprint\"\u003e\n\u003cspan data-v-7d498d3a=\"\" class=\"product-fields-title\"\u003eImprint:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-v-7d498d3a=\"\" class=\"product-field-display\"\u003eTuskar Rock\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-v-7d498d3a=\"\" class=\"product-field-desc\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-v-7d498d3a=\"\" class=\"product-field product-field-type-S product-field-pub date\"\u003e\n\u003cspan data-v-7d498d3a=\"\" class=\"product-fields-title\"\u003ePub Date:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-v-7d498d3a=\"\" class=\"product-field-display\"\u003e04 Nov 2025\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-v-7d498d3a=\"\" class=\"product-field-desc\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-v-7d498d3a=\"\" class=\"product-field product-field-type-S product-field-page extent\"\u003e\n\u003cspan data-v-7d498d3a=\"\" class=\"product-fields-title\"\u003ePage Extent:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-v-7d498d3a=\"\" class=\"product-field-display\"\u003e336\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-v-7d498d3a=\"\" class=\"product-field-desc\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-v-7d498d3a=\"\" class=\"product-field product-field-type-S product-field-format\"\u003e\n\u003cspan data-v-7d498d3a=\"\" class=\"product-fields-title\"\u003eFormat:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-v-7d498d3a=\"\" class=\"product-field-display\"\u003eDemy\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-v-7d498d3a=\"\" class=\"product-field-desc\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-v-7d498d3a=\"\" class=\"product-field product-field-type-S product-field-format\"\u003e\n\u003cspan data-v-7d498d3a=\"\" class=\"product-fields-title\"\u003ePackage type:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-v-7d498d3a=\"\" class=\"product-field-display\"\u003ePAPERBACK\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-v-7d498d3a=\"\" class=\"product-field-desc\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-v-7d498d3a=\"\" class=\"product-field product-field-type-S product-field-subject\"\u003e\n\u003cspan data-v-7d498d3a=\"\" class=\"product-fields-title\"\u003eSubject:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-v-7d498d3a=\"\" class=\"product-field-display\"\u003eModern \u0026amp; contemporary fiction (post c 1945)\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Lit Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51639823401273,"sku":"11853191","price":89.9,"currency_code":"MYR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0822\/6871\/7369\/files\/9781805227021.jpg?v=1766827196","url":"https:\/\/shop.cziplee.com\/products\/service-by-john-tottenham","provider":"CzipLee Retail","version":"1.0","type":"link"}