{"product_id":"9781881515456","title":"News about People You Know","description":"\u003cp\u003eCritics have compared Robert Phillips's storytelling ability in his first two collections, \u003ci\u003eLand\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e of \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eLost Content\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003ePublic Landing Revisited\u003c\/i\u003e, to deMaupassant and Sherwood Anderson. All the stories are set in a mythical small town called Public Landing. Publishers Weekly said: \"Phillips's vision of small town America in the '50s and '60s is simultaneously jaundiced and nostalgic . . . both funny and agonizing in its complex mingling of hope and humiliation\" and found \"flashes of brilliance throughout.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor the past decade Robert Phillips has continued to write stories about Public Landing. But he also has been writing a series of related stories concerning an urban protagonist with the surname of Fallick. \u003ci\u003eNews\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eAbout People You Know \u003c\/i\u003eshuttles between the rural DelMarVa Peninsula and New York City and its northern suburban commuter communities, alternating the bucolic with hectic. In Fallick, Phillips shows us an entirely new side to his fictional imagination.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Texas Review Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47039010865392,"sku":"9781881515456","price":14.46,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781881515456_p0.jpg?v=1763604389","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781881515456","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}