{"product_id":"flings-stories-9780062310163","title":"Flings: Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe acclaimed author of \u003cem\u003eEverything Here Is the Best Thing Ever\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Gospel of Anarchy\u003c\/em\u003e makes his hardcover debut with a piercing collection of short fiction that illuminates our struggle to find love, comfort, and identity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn a new suite of powerful and incisive stories, Justin Taylor captures the lives of men and women unmoored from their pasts and uncertain of their futures.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA man writes his girlfriend a Dear John letter, gets in his car, and just drives. A widowed insomniac is roused from malaise when an alligator appears in her backyard. A group of college friends try to stay close after graduation, but are drawn away from--and back toward--each other by the choices they make. A boy's friendship with a pair of identical twins undergoes a strange and tragic evolution over the course of adolescence. A promising academic and her fianc e attempt to finish their dissertations, but struggle with writer's block, a nasty secret, and their own expert knowledge of Freud.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom an East Village rooftop to a cabin in Tennessee, from the Florida suburbs to Hong Kong, Taylor covers a vast emotional and geographic landscape while ushering us into an abiding intimacy with his characters, \u003cem\u003eFlings\u003c\/em\u003e is a commanding work of fiction that captures the contemporary search for identity, connection, and a place to call home.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTaylor, Justin:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eJustin Taylor is the author of the story collection \u003cem\u003eEverything Here Is the Best Thing Ever\u003c\/em\u003e and the novel \u003cem\u003eThe Gospel of Anarchy\u003c\/em\u003e. He lives in New York City.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HarperCollins Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50513771462930,"sku":"9780062310163","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_e75e4f28-bc31-4d8c-a5c5-a29f5d676dbd.jpg?v=1730966721","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/flings-stories-9780062310163","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}