{"product_id":"cool-for-america-stories-9781250798640","title":"Cool for America: Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eExpanding the world of his classic-in-the-making debut novel \u003ci\u003eEarly Work\u003c\/i\u003e, Andrew Martin's \u003ci\u003eCool for America \u003c\/i\u003eis a hilarious collection of overlapping stories that explores the dark zone between artistic ambition and its achievement\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe collection is bookended by the misadventures of Leslie, a young woman (first introduced in \u003ci\u003eEarly Work\u003c\/i\u003e) who moves from New York to Missoula, Montana to try to draw herself out of a lingering depression, and, over the course of the book, gains painful insight into herself through a series of intense friendships and relationships. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOther stories follow young men and women, alone and in couples, pushing hard against, and often crashing into, the limits of their abilities as writers and partners. In one story, two New Jersey siblings with substance-abuse problems relapse together on Christmas Eve; in another, a young couple tries to make sense of an increasingly unhinged veterinarian who seems to be tapping, deliberately or otherwise, into the unspoken troubles between them. In tales about characters as they age from punk shows and benders to book clubs and art museums, the promise of community acts--at least temporarily--as a stay against despair. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRunning throughout \u003ci\u003eCool for America \u003c\/i\u003eis the characters' yearning for transcendence through art: the hope that, maybe, the perfect, or even just the good-enough sentence, can finally make things right.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAndrew Martin's reviews and essays have been published in \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review, \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e VICE\u003c\/i\u003e, and elsewhere. His debut novel, \u003ci\u003eEarly Work\u003c\/i\u003e, was published in 2018. He lives in New York with his partner Laura and their dog, Bonni\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Picador USA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50724736762130,"sku":"9781250798640","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_2c4c85ed-f59a-4226-aeb8-51d849b13805.jpg?v=1734806902","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/cool-for-america-stories-9781250798640","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}