{"product_id":"a-shimmering-serrated-monster-the-mark-leyner-reader-9780316591652","title":"A Shimmering, Serrated Monster!: The Mark Leyner Reader","description":"\u003cb\u003eAn all-access ticket to the celebrated and wholly original mind of Mark Leyner, \"one of the smartest and funniest humans since Aristophanes\" (Jay McInerney)\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Praised as \"chaotic and vibrant\" (Charles Yu), \"visionary\" (Sam Lipsyte), and \"supremely original\" (John Cusack), the work of Mark Leyner has inspired a generation of contemporary novelists and has long deserved its place of recognition among the literary superstars of the seismic postmodernism-influenced movement of the early 21st century. \u003ci\u003eA Shimmering, Serrated Monster!: The Mark Leyner Reader\u003c\/i\u003e samples the staggering highlights from Leyner's extraordinary career in all of its bizarre and infatuating glory, with excerpts spanning from his groundbreaking early novels \u003ci\u003eMy Cousin, My Gastroenterologist \u003c\/i\u003e(1990) and \u003ci\u003eEt Tu, Babe\u003c\/i\u003e (1992) to his modern masterpieces \u003ci\u003eThe Sugar-Frosted Nutsack \u003c\/i\u003e(2012) and \u003ci\u003eThe Last Orgy of the Divine Hermit\u003c\/i\u003e (2021). Appreciations from modern masters introduce each novel and the book includes original pieces in Leyner's irrepressible voice, including a timeline (\"The Story So Far\") and a new Afterword (\"The Highlighted Passages\"\u003ci\u003e).\u003c\/i\u003e This comprehensive volume is the perfect entry point for readers attracted to mind-expanding prose, and a bouquet of delights for those who have loved any of his past works.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMark Leyner \u003c\/b\u003eis the author of the novels and collections \u003ci\u003eI Smell Esther Williams and Other Stories\u003c\/i\u003e (1983);\u003ci\u003e My Cousin, My Gastroenterologist \u003c\/i\u003e(1990); \u003ci\u003eEt Tu, Babe\u003c\/i\u003e (1992); \u003ci\u003eTooth Imprints on a Corn Dog\u003c\/i\u003e (1996); \u003ci\u003eThe Tetherballs of Bougainville \u003c\/i\u003e(1998); \u003ci\u003eThe Sugar-Frosted Nutsack \u003c\/i\u003e(2012);\u003ci\u003e Gone With the Mind \u003c\/i\u003e(2016); and \u003ci\u003eLast Orgy of the Divine Hermit \u003c\/i\u003e(2021). His nonfiction includes the #1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller \u003ci\u003eWhy Do Men Have Nipples?\u003c\/i\u003e, and he cowrote the movie \u003ci\u003eWar, Inc\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Back Bay Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50895186657554,"sku":"9780316591652","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_e6ffe4dd-e037-43b5-8b6f-524e16213f89.jpg?v=1738267121","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/a-shimmering-serrated-monster-the-mark-leyner-reader-9780316591652","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}