{"product_id":"9781429942317","title":"A Better Angel: Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe stories in \u003ci\u003eA Better Angel\u003c\/i\u003e describe the terrain of human suffering—illness, regret, mourning, sympathy—in the most unusual of ways. In \"Stab,\" a bereaved twin starts a friendship with a homicidal fifth grader in the hope that she can somehow lead him back to his dead brother. In \"Why Antichrist?\" a boy tries to contact the spirit of his dead father and finds himself talking to the Devil instead. In the remarkable title story, a ne'er do well pediatrician returns home to take care of his dying father, all the while under the scrutiny of an easily-disappointed heavenly agent.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith \u003ci\u003eGob's Grief\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Children's Hospital\u003c\/i\u003e, Chris Adrian announced himself as a writer of rare talent and originality. The stories in \u003ci\u003eA Better Angel\u003c\/i\u003e, some of which have appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTin House\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eMcSweeney's\u003c\/i\u003e, demonstrate more of his endless inventiveness and wit, and they confirm his growing reputation as a most exciting and unusual literary voice—of heartbreaking, magical, and darkly comic tales.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Farrar, Straus and Giroux","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47141712855280,"sku":"9781429942317","price":9.94,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781429942317_p0.jpg?v=1769902386","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781429942317","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}