{"product_id":"9780062871718","title":"The Three Button Trick and Other Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003eAudacious, original, clever, poignant -- these are just a few words that describe the writing of Nicola Barker, a talented, award-winning author whose work brings to mind Martin Amis, Julian Barnes, and Maragaret Atwood. Now nineteen of her finest short stories have been complied into one brilliant, delightful readable volume.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt takes young Carrie twenty-one years and a chance meeting with an eighty-three-year-old widow to realize she fell victim to her husband's \"Three Button Trick.\" The main character in \"Wesley\" must work through his troubled childhood in a series of episodes involving masses of eels, an imaginary friend named Joy, and an unmentionable incident with an emu-owl. From erotic encounters behind clothing racks to a kleptomaniac with his organs on the wrong side, this daring and gifted writer never fails to surprise us, entertain us, and make us think. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HarperCollins Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47021602603248,"sku":"9780062871718","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780062871718_p0.jpg?v=1763633834","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780062871718","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}