{"product_id":"boggs-a-comedy-of-values-paperback","title":"Boggs: A Comedy of Values - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLawrence Weschler\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this highly entertaining book, Lawrence Weschler chronicles the antics of J. S. G. Boggs, an artist whose consuming passion is money, or perhaps more precisely, value. Boggs draws money-paper notes in standard currencies from all over the world-and tries to spend his drawings. It is a practice that regularly lands him in trouble with treasury police around the globe and provokes fundamental questions regarding the value of art and the value of money. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Lawrence Weschler, who evidently admires [Boggs]-something not difficult to do-has written what may be the most extraordinary biography imaginable: \"weird,\" to use a favourite Boggs word. It does something towards changing our entire outlook on money and its uses. And the reader is left with an uneasy feeling that anything in this world can be created by drawing it.\" -Ruth Rendell, \u003ci\u003eDaily Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"As ideal a subject matter as money is for Boggs' genius, Boggs is as ideal a topic for Weschler's considerable talents. . . . A writer any less lucid than Weschler would smudge the lines, making of Boggs a counterculture caricature or a high-art huckster. And a writer any less confident would knock the balance, making academic mud pies of Boggs' enlightened chaos.\" -Jonathon Keats, \u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"[A] witty and engaging chronicle. . . . Weschler's fascinating account of the artist as agent provocateur demonstrates both the significance of Boggs's art and his determination to continue his unusual critique of the idea of money.\" -Henry Wessells, \u003ci\u003eWashington Post Book World\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"[A] witty, excellently written account of a bizarre and fascinating snippet of modern life.\" -Paul Ormerod, \u003ci\u003eTimes Higher Education Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"The book, like the artist, challenges people to pause and consider the extent to which the economic bedrock of everyday life is in part a confusing welter of artistic abstractions. It's a work that is at once informative, entertaining, and provocative-a reading experience, one might say, of rather good value.\" -Toby Lester, \u003ci\u003eAtlantic Monthly\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"[A] fascinating tale, especially in these days of fluctuating currency rates, the euro, and inexplicable Net-stock valuations.\" -Paul Lukas, \u003ci\u003eFortune\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Lawrence Weschler, a recipient of the prestigious Lannan Literary Award for 1998, is the author of numerous books, including \u003ci\u003eCalamities of Exile: Three Nonfiction Novellas\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eMr. Wilson's Cabinet of Wonder\u003c\/i\u003e, which was a finalist for both the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Award.\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this highly entertaining book, Lawrence Weschler chronicles the antics of J. S. G. Boggs, an artist whose consuming passion is money, or perhaps more precisely, value. Boggs draws money-paper notes in standard currencies from all over the world-and tries to spend his drawings. It is a practice that regularly lands him in trouble with treasury police around the globe and provokes fundamental questions regarding the value of art and the value of money.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLawrence Weschler\u003c\/b\u003e, a recipient of the prestigious Lannan Literary Award for 1998, is the author of numerous books, including \u003ci\u003eCalamities of Exile: Three Nonfiction Novellas\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eMr. Wilson's Cabinet of Wonder\u003c\/i\u003e, which was a finalist for both the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Award.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 176\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.41 x 8 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 15, 2000\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45295652208742,"sku":"9780226893969","price":50.06,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/WTFwVTdlMU5MQkdwckRVWVJlT25zQT09.webp?v=1773921033","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/boggs-a-comedy-of-values-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}