{"product_id":"9781421411484","title":"The Lousy Adult","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe Lousy Adult\u003c\/i\u003e, William J. Cobb reveals a world where love and respect collide with achievement and desire, a world where people often get what they want, yet must pay the price of alienation, remorse, and retribution in order to obtain it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \"The Sea Horse,\" a teenage boy defends a battered woman against her abusive husband while he deals with the loss of his own parents. In \"Warsaw, 1984,\" a young man travels through Europe and ends up in a relationship in a country he can’t understand. \u003ci\u003eThe Lousy Adult\u003c\/i\u003e presents ten short stories about defrocked priests, guilty electricians, hardened mothers, and other colorful characters who portray the complexity of the human race.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePraise for William J. Cobb's \u003ci\u003eThe Fire Eaters\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Cobb's short stories, printed in the \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e and other magazines, hinted at the power he displays in this beautifully controlled and convincing debut, winner of the 1992 Associated Writing Programs award for the novel.\"—\u003ci\u003ePublisher's Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Johns Hopkins University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47127707386096,"sku":"9781421411484","price":21.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781421411484_p0.jpg?v=1763737807","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781421411484","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}