{"product_id":"9781555974114","title":"Damned If I Do","description":"\u003cp\u003eDamned If I Do is an exceptional new collection of short stories by Percival Everett, author of the highly praised and wickedly funny novel \u003ci\u003eErasure\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ePeople are just naturally hopeful, a term my grandfather used to tell me was more than occasionally interchangeable with stupid.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA cop, a cowboy, several fly fishermen, and a reluctant romance novelist inhabit these revealing and often hilarious stories. An old man ends up in a high-speed car chase with the cops after stealing the car that blocks the garbage bin at his apartment building. A stranger gets a job at a sandwich shop and fixes everything in sight: a manual mustard dispenser, a mouthful of crooked teeth, thirty-two parking tickets, and a sexual-identity problem.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePercival Everett is a master storyteller who ingeniously addresses issues of race and prejudice by simultaneously satirizing and celebrating the human condition.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Graywolf Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47056674717936,"sku":"9781555974114","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781555974114_p0.jpg?v=1763753693","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781555974114","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}