{"product_id":"bugsy-other-stories-9781982189761","title":"Bugsy \u0026 Other Stories","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom the author of \u003ci\u003eConfidence \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Comedown\u003c\/i\u003e comes a wildly imaginative story collection about queerness, neurodivergence, sexuality, and self-discovery.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrumkin's latest book is a deliciously entertaining collection of five genre-defying stories that range from downright hilarious to brilliantly unhinged. Taken together, they celebrate a wide variety of human experiences. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn the title story, a queer young adult with bipolar disorder drops out of college in a fog of depression, aimlessly drifting between maintaining their job at a fast food restaurant and dodging their mom's texts. But when they fall in with a group of sex workers starring in BDSM films, they find radical freedom, love, and community. In other stories, we meet a psychiatrist whose meticulously-maintained life is upended by an Alex Trebek-like voice in his head, an e-girl celebrity who is being courted by a delusional fan, a young boy on the spectrum at odds with a neurotypical world determined to \"cure\" him, and an elderly woman whose consciousness is being transformed by her oncoming death. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith incredible insight, compassion, and honesty, Frumkin unravels each story with tantalizing precision. Sexy and raw--and compulsively readable--this collection offers a look at our innermost selves as we all try to make sense of the world and our place in it.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRafael Frumkin is a graduate of the Iowa Writers' Workshop and the Medill School of Journalism. His first novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Comedown\u003c\/i\u003e, was published by Henry Holt in 2018, and his second novel, \u003ci\u003eConfidence\u003c\/i\u003e, was published by Simon \u0026amp; Schuster in 2023. He lives with his partner, two cats, and one dog in Carbondale, Illinois, where he is an assistant professor of creative writing at Southern Illinois University.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50606813643026,"sku":"9781982189761","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_40b2cd92-09bf-4480-b9e3-63e268d637d6.jpg?v=1732300129","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/bugsy-other-stories-9781982189761","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}