{"product_id":"flatscreen-9780062090331","title":"Flatscreen","description":"\"OMFG, I nearly up and died from laughter when I read \u003cem\u003eFlatscreen\u003c\/em\u003e. This is the novel that every young turk will be reading on their way to a job they hate and are in fact too smart for.\" --Gary Shteyngart, author of \u003cem\u003eSuper Sad True Love Story\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003eIndie-lit star and \u003cem\u003eFaster Times \u003c\/em\u003eeditor Adam Wilson delivers the gleefully absurd, effortlessly heartwarming story of one young man's struggle to shake off the listless, sexless, stoned mantle of suburban teenage life and become something better. Fortunately (maybe) for Eli, his apathetic quest finds a catalyzing agent in one Mr. Seymour J. Kahn, a paraplegic sex addict and two-bit silver screen star who initiates a mad decent into debasement and (of course) YouTube stardom--a transformation from which there will be no going back.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWilson, Adam:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eAdam Wilson is the author of the novel \u003cem\u003eFlatscreen\u003c\/em\u003e (Harper Perennial, 2012). His fiction has appeared in many publications including \u003cem\u003eThe Paris Review\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Best American Short Stories\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eTin House\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Literary Review\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe New York Tyrant\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eGigantic\u003c\/em\u003e, and many others.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHe is currently a regular contributor to both \u003cem\u003eBookForum\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Paris Review Daily\u003c\/em\u003e. His essays have appeared in \u003cem\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe New York Observer\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eTime Out New York\u003c\/em\u003e, and elsewhere.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAdam holds a BA from Tufts University and an MFA from Columbia University. A former employee of Brooklyn's famous BookCourt bookstore, he now teaches creative writing at NYU and The Sackett Street Writer's Workshop. He lives in Brooklyn with his cat.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Perennial","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51720887992594,"sku":"9780062090331","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_ea863956-ba92-455b-b387-eeb6c514918f.jpg?v=1762940482","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/flatscreen-9780062090331","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}