{"product_id":"9780976389576","title":"Erotomania: A Romance","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"[A] hilariously satirical debut novel. Miller, Lawrence, and Genet stop by like proud ancestors... But it's a more recent generation of mischievous deviant writers (Nicholson Baker, Mary Gaitskill) that truly looms large — \u003ci\u003eErotomania\u003c\/i\u003e's closest predecessor might be Baker's The Fermata. [An] ambitious book... [A] biting satire.\" —Zach Baron, \u003ci\u003eVillage Voice\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Sex is familiar, but it's perennial, and Levy makes it fresh.\" —Richard Rayner, \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Levy seems to have an eye for detail for all that is absurd, commonly human, and uniquely American.\" —Beth Harrington, \u003ci\u003eBookslut\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"It's a great book, written with flawless verve by a tremendous fictioneer and thinker, and it deserves glory. A classic.\" —Andre Codrescu, \u003ci\u003eExquisite Corpse\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"[\u003ci\u003eErotomania\u003c\/i\u003e] can just as easily be a bookend to the beautifully nuanced prose of Milan Kundera as it can be a long-version story for a nudie mag minus the accompanying photographs. It's all in the context — as it is with most relationships.\" —\u003ci\u003eQuarterly Conversation\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eErotomania\u003c\/i\u003e wields a comedic punch that makes it, above all, a fun novel to read.\" —\u003ci\u003eNerve.com\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eErotomania\u003c\/i\u003e is an absurdist portrait of a modern-day romance. It follows James and Monica from their early days as couple that is forced to move into a nuclear fall-out bunker so their explosive sex life doesn’t physically harm their neighbors, down the long journey to marriage counseling.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrancis Levy\u003c\/b\u003e’s short stories, criticism, humor, and poetry have appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe New Republic\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Village Voice\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Quarterly\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Two Dollar Radio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47013520638192,"sku":"9780976389576","price":14.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780976389576_p0.jpg?v=1763879102","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780976389576","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}