{"product_id":"9781621050179","title":"The Obese","description":"\u003cp\u003eAlfred Hitchcock's The Birds-with obese people.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNina Gilten works in the fashion industry. She retouches images for Redbook, Teen Vogue, Chic, Marie Claire, and Nylon. Her work involves shaving off hipbones, masking moles, and giving more sheen to the lusterless skin of supermodels. In other words, she makes people beautiful. But when a vengeful houseguest forwards Nina's private correspondence with her boss to popular feminist blog Jezebel, Nina finds herself jobless and ostracized.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThen rabid obese people start rampaging on the streets of New York.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThrown together with her ex-boyfriend Chris and his fiancé, the gorgeous Molly Sweet, Ferdinand (a male model with a fat fetish), Chantal (also a model), and Dora (the vengeful houseguest who destroyed her career), Nina must fend for her life in a world where the people she hates most are now trying to eat her.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLazy Fascist Press is proud to present \u003cb\u003eThe Obese\u003c\/b\u003e, a bloody satire about body image and America's obesity epidemic, written by Shirley Jackson Award-winner Nick Antosca.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlso featuring the bonus story \"Predator Bait.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Eraserhead Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47056842686704,"sku":"9781621050179","price":9.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781621050179_p0.jpg?v=1763857225","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781621050179","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}