{"product_id":"raised-in-captivity-fictional-nonfiction-paperback","title":"Raised in Captivity: Fictional Nonfiction - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eChuck Klosterman\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMicrodoses of the straight dope, stories so true they had to be wrapped in fiction for our own protection, from the best-selling author of \u003ci\u003eBut What if We're Wrong?\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA man flying first class discovers a puma in the lavatory. A new coach of a small-town Oklahoma high school football team installs an offense comprised of only one, very special, play. A man explains to the police why he told the employee of his local bodega that his colleague looked like the lead singer of Depeche Mode, a statement that may or may not have led in some way to a violent crime. A college professor discusses with his friend his difficulties with the new generation of students. An obscure power pop band wrestles with its new-found fame when its song \"Blizzard of Summer\" becomes an anthem for white supremacists. A couple considers getting a medical procedure that will transfer the pain of childbirth from the woman to her husband. A woman interviews a hit man about killing her husband but is shocked by the method he proposes. A man is recruited to join a secret government research team investigating why coin flips are no longer exactly 50\/50. A man sees a whale struck by lightning, and knows that everything about his life has to change. A lawyer grapples with the unintended side effects of a veterinarian's rabies vaccination. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFair warning: \u003ci\u003eRaised in Captivity\u003c\/i\u003e does not slot into a smooth preexisting groove. If Saul Steinberg and Italo Calvino had adopted a child from a Romanian orphanage and raised him on Gary Larsen and Thomas Bernhard, he would still be nothing like Chuck Klosterman. They might be good company, though. Funny, wise and weird in equal measure, \u003ci\u003eRaised in Captivity\u003c\/i\u003e bids fair to be one of the most original and exciting story collections in recent memory, a fever graph of our deepest unvoiced hopes, fears and preoccupations. Ceaselessly inventive, hostile to corniness in all its forms, and mean only to the things that really deserve it, it marks a cosmic leap forward for one of our most consistently interesting writers.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChuck Klosterman\u003c\/b\u003e is the bestselling author of eight nonfiction books (including \u003ci\u003eSex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eI Wear the Black Hat\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eBut What If We're Wrong?\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eKilling Yourself to Live\u003c\/i\u003e) and two novels (\u003ci\u003eDowntown Owl \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Visible Man\u003c\/i\u003e). He has written for \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGQ\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eEsquire\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Spin\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Believer\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBillboard\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe A.V. Club\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eESPN.\u003c\/i\u003e Klosterman served as the Ethicist for \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e for three years, appeared as himself in the LCD Soundsystem documentary \u003ci\u003eShut Up and Play the Hits\u003c\/i\u003e, and was an original founder of the website Grantland with Bill Simmons.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 8.2 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 14, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51769496535328,"sku":"9780735217935","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/4b4b0d40d357d805688a282a378af921.webp?v=1780349509","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/raised-in-captivity-fictional-nonfiction-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}