{"product_id":"damned-if-i-do-stories-paperback","title":"Damned If I Do: Stories - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePercival Everett\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDamned If I Do is an exceptional new collection of short stories by Percival Everett, author of the highly praised and wickedly funny novel \u003ci\u003eErasure\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003ePeople are just naturally hopeful, a term my grandfather used to tell me was more than occasionally interchangeable with stupid.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA cop, a cowboy, several fly fishermen, and a reluctant romance novelist inhabit these revealing and often hilarious stories. An old man ends up in a high-speed car chase with the cops after stealing the car that blocks the garbage bin at his apartment building. A stranger gets a job at a sandwich shop and fixes everything in sight: a manual mustard dispenser, a mouthful of crooked teeth, thirty-two parking tickets, and a sexual-identity problem. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePercival Everett is a master storyteller who ingeniously addresses issues of race and prejudice by simultaneously satirizing and celebrating the human condition.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePercival Everett\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of several books, including \u003ci\u003eErasure\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGlyph\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Frenzy\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eWatershed\u003c\/i\u003e. He is a professor of English at the University of Southern California and lives in Los Angeles.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 208\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.61 x 8.62 x 5.36 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 01, 2004\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51763891994912,"sku":"9781555974114","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/88c9125a8603285040a65639f4ccd041.webp?v=1780241472","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/damned-if-i-do-stories-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}