{"product_id":"9780393324792","title":"A Kind of Flying: Selected Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"These stories are full of surprises, jolts, and lightning strikes of recognition. Do yourself a favor and read Ron Carlson.\" —Stephen KingRon Carlson's stories, sometimes wicked or bittersweet, often zany, are rich with a hard-earned hopefulness frequently absent in contemporary fiction. In this generous gathering from collections no longer available, longtime fans and new readers alike can savor the development of a master of idiosyncrasy.Properly celebrated for his range, Carlson offers us a rural sheriff who's wary of UFOs (\"Phenomena\"), a lawyer on a mission in remote Alaska (\"Blazo\"), a baseball player turned killer-by-accident (\"Zanduce at Second\"), and a nineteen-year-old who experiences an unsettling sexual awakening during an Arizona summer (\"Oxygen\"). Here also is a man accusing Bigfoot of stealing his wife, followed by Bigfoot's incomparable response. Not least of the treasures is \"The H Street Sledding Record,\" a story perfect for family holiday reading, in which a young father creates the magic of Santa by throwing manure on his roof on Christmas Eve.This book proves Carlson's axiom that \"a short story is not a single thing done a single way,\" and it offers us—finally—a full view of his remarkable talents.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Norton, W. W. \u0026 Company, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47013178474736,"sku":"9780393324792","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780393324792_p0.jpg?v=1763697340","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780393324792","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}