{"product_id":"bad-behavior-stories-9780593689400","title":"Bad Behavior: Stories","description":"\u003cb\u003eNational Book Award finalist Mary Gaitskill's classic debut collection from the 1980s--powerful stories of dislocation, longing, and desire\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNow towering and inevitable in its influence on writing by and for young urbanites, \u003ci\u003eBad Behavior\u003c\/i\u003e heralded Mary Gaitskill's arrival on the literary scene and her establishment as one of the sharpest writing talents of her time, or any time: exquisitely funny and startlingly honest; bold and eye-opening on relationships, sex, and the erotic. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSet in Manhattan's Lower East Side and peopled with artistic freelancers and intelligent sex workers, smug yuppies and love-torn masochists, \u003ci\u003eBad Behavior\u003c\/i\u003e depicts a world equally cruel and tender, where romance and danger go hand in hand. Gaitskill delivers unforgettable stories of a disenchanted and rebellious urban fringe generation groping for human connection.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMARY GAITSKILL is the author of the story collections\u003ci\u003e Because They Wanted To\u003c\/i\u003e (nominated for a PEN\/Faulkner Award) and \u003ci\u003eDon't Cry, \u003c\/i\u003e the novels \u003ci\u003eThe Mare\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eVeronica\u003c\/i\u003e (nominated for a National Book Award), and \u003ci\u003eTwo Girls, Fat and Thin, \u003c\/i\u003eand the essay collection \u003ci\u003eSomebody with a Little Hammer\u003c\/i\u003e. She has received a Guggenheim Fellowship, and her work has appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker, Harper's, Esquire, The Best American Short Stories, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe O. Henry Prize Stories\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51424469713170,"sku":"9780593689400","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_fc185960-6484-48dd-8955-acc1914d065f.jpg?v=1751379489","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/bad-behavior-stories-9780593689400","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}