{"product_id":"9780393244052","title":"The Hotel Eden","description":"\u003cp\u003ePrepare to be amused, moved, disturbed. These stories by a master of idiosyncrasy visit a world where wit has heft, charm has shadow, and human beings act out all the complicated nuances of love.\u003c\/p\u003e In the title story, a young man waiting in the Hotel Eden discovers—as others have—that Eden is not a permanent domicile. In \"Zanduce at Second,\" a baseball player turned killer-by-accident undergoes a surprising transformation. We root for escaped felon Ray (“A Note on the Type”) as he carves his name on a culvert wall. We drive the sweltering summer streets of Phoenix as a nineteen-year-old narrator goes through an unsettling sexual awakening (\"Oxygen\"). In these and other stories, whether his characters are getting sabotaged by nightcaps or encountering nudists on a rafting trip, Carlson takes us to new places in a new way.","brand":"Norton, W. W. \u0026 Company, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47121552769264,"sku":"9780393244052","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780393244052_p0.jpg?v=1769892931","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780393244052","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}