{"product_id":"9780143037439","title":"Tooth and Claw","description":"\u003cp\u003eSince his first collection of stories, \u003cb\u003eDescent of Man\u003c\/b\u003e, appeared in 1979, T.C. Boyle has become an acknowledged master of the form who has transformed the nature of short fiction in our time. Among the fourteen tales in his seventh collection are the comic yet lyrical title story, in which a young man wins a vicious African cat in a bar bet; \"Dogology,\" about a suburban woman losing her identity to a pack of strays; and \"The Kind Assassin,\" which explores the consequences of a radio shock jock's quest to set a world record for sleeplessness. Muscular, provocative, and blurring the boundaries between humans and nature, the funny and the shocking, \u003cb\u003eTooth and Claw\u003c\/b\u003e is Boyle at his best.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47008582238448,"sku":"9780143037439","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780143037439_p0.jpg?v=1763656659","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780143037439","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}