{"product_id":"9781466807365","title":"Venus Drive: Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003eAn intense, mordantly funny collection of short fiction from the author of \u003ci\u003eHome\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e Land\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Ask\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA man with an \"old soul\" finds himself at a Times Square peep show, looking for more than just a little action. A young man goes into some serious regression after finding his deceased mother's stash of morphine. A group of summer-camp sadists return to the scene of the crime.  Sam Lipsyte's brutally funny narratives tread morally ambiguous terrain, where desperate characters stumble over hope, or sometimes merely stumble. Written with ferocious wit and surprising empathy, \u003ci\u003eVenus Drive\u003c\/i\u003e is a potent collection of stories from \"a wickedly gifted writer\" (Robert Stone).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Picador paperback edition includes an excerpt from \u003ci\u003eThe Ask\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Picador","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47166567284976,"sku":"9781466807365","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781466807365_p0.jpg?v=1769890967","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781466807365","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}