{"product_id":"the-sleep-of-baby-filbertson-and-other-stories-paperback","title":"The Sleep of Baby Filbertson: And Other Stories - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJames Leo Herlihy\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis short story collection by the acclaimed author of \u003ci\u003eMidnight Cowboy \u003c\/i\u003eexplores the desperate lives of outsiders with unflinching insight.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In his first collection of short fiction, James Leo Herlihy examines the experiences of alienation and isolation while elevating the oddities and quirks that make up human nature. These seven tales tackle the anxieties of fragile people and get to the heart of a world inhabited by perennial outsiders. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Agoraphobic Daisy Filbertson and her teenage son Rudy, both addicted to sleeping pills, find themselves frantically running from city to city fueled by Daisy's manic paranoia. A lonely mother looking to start her life over finds a new father for her daughter on an Army base. An immigrant from Uruguay writes letters to his Mamacita while he tries to find himself in the US. And a staunch Baptist has her world challenged when she meets a handsome artist.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eJames Leo Herlihy was born in 1927 in Detroit, Michigan to a working-class family. After serving in World War II, Herlihy studied art, literature, and music at Black Mountain College in North Carolina, whose faculty had boasted such luminaries as William De Kooning and John Cage. After a professor told Herlihy that he had no future as a writer, the disillusioned Herlihy turned his attention to theater, where he met with considerable success and found acting roles in more than fifty plays over the span of several years. But Herlihy continued writing fiction despite the discouragement he had received and in 1960 he published \u003ci\u003eAll Fall Down\u003c\/i\u003e, a largely critically acclaimed work which was later adapted for film. In 1965 he published \u003ci\u003eMidnight Cowboy, \u003c\/i\u003e which cemented his reputation as a serious writer. After the success of \u003ci\u003eMidnight Cowboy\u003c\/i\u003e, Herlihy retreated from the public eye and turned his attention to teaching. He took creative writing posts at the City College of New York, the University of Arkansas, and the University of Southern California. Herlihy died in Los Angeles in 1993 from an overdose of sleeping medication.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 191\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.4 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 17, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51767250911520,"sku":"9780795351419","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/9973b37d3ffd1967d29103c0750dc309.webp?v=1780307582","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-sleep-of-baby-filbertson-and-other-stories-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}