{"product_id":"night-train-new-and-selected-stories-paperback","title":"Night Train: New and Selected Stories - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eThom Jones\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eAmy Bloom\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA posthumous and definitive collection of new and selected stories by \"virtuoso of the short story\" (\u003ci\u003eEsquire\u003c\/i\u003e) and National Book Award finalist Thom Jones.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This scorching collection from award-winning author Thom Jones features his best new short fiction alongside a selection of outstanding stories from three previous books. Jones's stories are full of high-octane, prose-drunk entertainment. His characters are grifters and drifters, rogues and ne'er-do-wells, would-be do-gooders whose human frailties usually get the better of them. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Some are lovable, others are not, but each has an indelible and irresistible voice. They include Vietnam soldiers, amateur boxers, devoted doctors, strung-out advertising writers, pill poppers and veterans of the psych ward, and an unforgettable adolescent DJ radio host, among others. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The stories here are excursions into a unique world that veers between abject desperation and fleeting transcendence. Perhaps no other writer in recent memory could encapsulate in such short spaces the profound and the devastating, the poignant and the hallucinatory, with such an exquisite balance of darkness and light. Jones's fiction reveals again and again the resilience and grace of characters who refuse to succumb. In stories that can at once delight us with their wicked humor and sting us with their affecting pathos, \u003ci\u003eNight Train\u003c\/i\u003e perfectly captures the essence of this iconic American master, showcasing in a single collection the breadth of power of his inimitable fiction.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThom Jones\u003c\/b\u003e was a National Book Award finalist, O. Henry Award winner, and the author of the three story collections \u003ci\u003eThe Pugilist at Rest\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCold Snap\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eSonny Liston Was a Friend of Mine\u003c\/i\u003e. He received an MFA from the University of Iowa in 1973, and worked an array of jobs from copywriter to janitor until he was published for the first time, in \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, in his mid-forties. His stories went on to be published in other magazines such as \u003ci\u003eHarper's\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eEsquire\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePlayboy\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eStory\u003c\/i\u003eas well. Jones died in 2016 and was eulogized in \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e by Joyce Carol Oates.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 432\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.3 x 8 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 08, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51762320507168,"sku":"9780316449366","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/57b6e96003ff5af6c987dc34621221e7.webp?v=1780219564","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/night-train-new-and-selected-stories-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}