{"product_id":"damned-if-i-do","title":"Damned If I Do","description":"\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\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eErasure\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\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\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePercival Everett is a master storyteller who ingeniously addresses issues of race and prejudice by simultaneously satirizing and celebrating the human condition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003ePaperback:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e208 pages\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Graywolf \u003c\/span\u003e(September 23, 2024)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e 978-1555974114\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cul type=\"disc\"\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Everett, Percival","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48678498828539,"sku":null,"price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0078\/1906\/7459\/files\/9781555974114_0684b_1.jpg?v=1776090571","url":"https:\/\/aesopsfable.com\/products\/damned-if-i-do","provider":"AESOP'S FABLE","version":"1.0","type":"link"}