{"product_id":"9781770892576","title":"Five Legs","description":"\u003cp\u003eFirst published by Anansi in 1969, \u003ci\u003eFive Legs\u003c\/i\u003e was a breakthrough for Canadian experimental fiction, selling 1,000 copies in its first week. At the time Scott Symons wrote that \"\u003ci\u003eFive Legs\u003c\/i\u003e has more potent writing in it, page for page, than any other young Canadian novel that I can think of.\" Or indeed any young American novel — including Pynchon and Farina.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eFive Legs\u003c\/i\u003e is the subversive tale of two guilt-ridden young men, Lucan Crackell and Felix Oswald — one a professor, the other his student — caught in the grip of the North American Protestant ethic, with its emotional web-spinning and sexual torments. Gibson captures both their mortifications and their spirited resistance to all things WASP, themselves included, in stream-of-consciousness prose that is at once fluid, disjointed, and hilarious. Essential reading for any Canlit junkie, and quite a trip. This edition features a new introduction by Sean Kane.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"House of Anansi Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47032320295152,"sku":"9781770892576","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781770892576_p0.jpg?v=1763707555","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781770892576","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}