{"product_id":"easy-travel-to-other-planets-9780374528287","title":"Easy Travel to Other Planets","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"One of the most original seductions in recent fiction... a novel of immensely tender feeling.\" -\u003ci\u003eThe New York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTed Mooney's first novel \u003ci\u003eEasy Travel to Other Planets \u003c\/i\u003eendures as a cult classic known for its opening scene describing a woman having sex with a dolphin. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWinner of the Sue Kaufman Prize for First Fiction by the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters, and a finalist for the National Book Award, Mooney's inventive novel was also named to the Modern Library's 100 Best Novels list.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTed Mooney\u003c\/b\u003e (1951-2022) was an award-winning author and the senior editor of \u003ci\u003eArt in America\u003c\/i\u003e, a position he held for more than thirty years, and subsequently taught writing at Yale University. His speculative fiction novel \u003ci\u003eEasy Travel to Other Planets\u003c\/i\u003e received the Sue Kaufman Prize for First Fiction by the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters, and was also a finalist for the National Book Award (at the time, the American Book Award). \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA writer of essays and short stories for such publications as \u003ci\u003eEsquire\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eVogue\u003c\/i\u003e, Mooney's other novels include \u003ci\u003eTraffic and Laughter\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSinging into the Piano\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Same River Twice\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Farrar, Straus and Giroux","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50410793435410,"sku":"9780374528287","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_50bb5395-4aca-46d1-9c2c-53757b021b85.jpg?v=1729307237","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/easy-travel-to-other-planets-9780374528287","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}