{"product_id":"9781593761295","title":"Fight Scenes","description":"\u003cbr\u003eIn an intricately linked series of poetic, short tales set in a 1983 suburb, Greg Bottoms portrays his life as one of two “at-risk” boys as they attempt to learn how to be—and what it means to be—men. By turns funny, disquieting, and moving, \u003ci\u003eFight Scenes\u003c\/i\u003e takes an unsparing look at juvenile disaffection and the dark side of white, working-class masculinity. By narrating his experiences with childhood buddy Mark, Bottoms shows how many of America’s young men learn to think about work, sex, weakness, violence, and themselves.\u003cbr\u003eIn a pared-down, highly readable style that brings to mind the work of Raymond Carver, Sherman Alexie, and Denis Johnson, Bottoms has created a work of literature that shows how even the most accepted forms of “toughness” can have a damaging, disorienting, and finally dehumanizing effect on everyone, especially kids.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Counterpoint Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47061049311472,"sku":"9781593761295","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781593761295_p0.jpg?v=1763812629","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781593761295","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}