{"product_id":"9781941196571","title":"Not the Real Marilyn Monroe","description":"\u003cp\u003eBrian Swann’s previous collection, \u003cem\u003eDogs on the Roof \u003c\/em\u003e(MadHat Press, 2016), was praised by Jackson Lears for being “venturesome, witty, delightedly understated and frequently compelling,” while Andrei Codrescu, calling it “an elegant suit of a variety of threads,” placed it on his “A-list of the blooming philosophical hybrids of the last decade.” \u003cem\u003eThe San Antonio Express-News \u003c\/em\u003esaid that it was “a fascinating miscellany ... replete with brilliant observations ... insightful, witty and outlandishly entertaining.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe present collection ranges from “real” to “surreal,” from long short stories to short short stories, to prose-poems long and short, concluding with an essay on the sacred. The book stretches from New York and New Mexico to Italy and England, with a cast of characters that includes a gifted dwarf, hippies, Navajos, and the ancient Greek sculptor Praxiteles, as well as a talented parrot, a talking robin, a shaggy dog, a neurotic horse and a law case involving rats. There is also a cameo appearance by the soul.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MadHat, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47044333404400,"sku":"9781941196571","price":21.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781941196571_p0.jpg?v=1763753502","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781941196571","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}