{"product_id":"9780062126146","title":"You \u0026 Me: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003ePadgett Powell, author of the acclaimed \u003ci\u003eThe Interrogative Mood\u003c\/i\u003e and “one of the few truly important American writers of our time” (Sam Lipsyte), returns with a hilarious Southern send-up of Samuel Beckett’s classic \u003ci\u003eWaiting for Godot\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTruly a master of envelope-pushing, post-postmodern American fiction, in a class with Nicholas Baker and Lydia Davis, Powell brilliantly blends the sublime, the trivial, and the oddball in \u003ci\u003eYou \u0026amp; Me\u003c\/i\u003e, as two loquacious gents on a porch discuss all manner of subjects, from the mundane to the spiritual to the downright ridiculous.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt once outrageously funny and profound, \u003ci\u003eYou \u0026amp; Me\u003c\/i\u003e is yet another brilliant, boundary-bursting masterwork, proving once again that, “there are few writers who understand both the beauty and the absurdity of language as well as Padgett Powell” (Kevin Wilson, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Family Fang\u003c\/i\u003e) and that, “Padgett Powell is one of the best writers in America, and one of the funniest, too” (Ian Frazier).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eYou \u0026amp; Me: A Novel\u003c\/i\u003e won the James Tait Black Prize for Fiction.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HarperCollins Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47046104580336,"sku":"9780062126146","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780062126146_p0.jpg?v=1763773265","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780062126146","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}