{"product_id":"9781466836051","title":"The Fun Parts: Stories","description":"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA hilarious collection of stories from the writer \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times \u003c\/i\u003ecalled “the novelist of his generation”\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReturning to the form in which he began, Sam Lipsyte, author of the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller \u003ci\u003eThe Ask\u003c\/i\u003e, offers up \u003ci\u003eThe Fun Parts\u003c\/i\u003e, a book of bold, hilarious, and deeply felt fiction. A boy eats his way to self-discovery while another must battle the reality-brandishing monster preying on his fantasy realm. Meanwhile, an aerobics instructor, the daughter of a Holocaust survivor, makes the most shocking leap imaginable to save her soul. These are just a few of the stories, some first published in \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Paris Review\u003c\/i\u003e, or \u003ci\u003ePlayboy\u003c\/i\u003e, that unfold in Lipsyte’s richly imagined world.\u003cbr\u003e     Other tales feature a grizzled and possibly deranged male birth doula, a doomsday hustler about to face the multi-universal truth of “the real-ass jumbo,” and a tawdry glimpse of the northern New Jersey high school shot-putting circuit, circa 1986. Combining both the tragicomic dazzle of his beloved novels and the compressed vitality of his classic debut collection,\u003ci\u003e The Fun Parts \u003c\/i\u003eis Lipsyte at his best—an exploration of new voices and vistas from a writer \u003ci\u003eTime \u003c\/i\u003emagazine has said “everyone should read.”\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Farrar, Straus and Giroux","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47141299093744,"sku":"9781466836051","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781466836051_p0.jpg?v=1769891198","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781466836051","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}