{"product_id":"impossible-owls-essays-9780374175337","title":"Impossible Owls: Essays","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e BESTSELLER. SEMI-FINALIST FOR THE PEN\/DIAMONSTEIN-SPIELVOGEL AWARD FOR ART OF THE ESSAY.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eOne of Amazon, \u003ci\u003eBuzzfeed, ELLE\u003c\/i\u003e, Electric Literature and \u003ci\u003ePop Sugar\u003c\/i\u003e's Best Books of 2018. Named one of the Best Books of October and Fall by Amazon, \u003ci\u003eBuzzfeed, TIME, Vulture, The Millions \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eVol. 1 Brooklyn.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Hilarious, nimble, and thoroughly illuminating.\" \u003c\/b\u003e--\u003cb\u003eColson Whitehead, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Underground Railroad\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA globe-spanning, ambitious book of essays from one of the most enthralling storytellers in narrative nonfiction\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn his highly anticipated debut essay collection, \u003ci\u003eImpossible Owls\u003c\/i\u003e, Brian Phillips demonstrates why he's one of the most iconoclastic journalists of the digital age, beloved for his ambitious, off-kilter, meticulously reported essays that read like novels. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe eight essays assembled here--five from Phillips's \u003ci\u003eGrantland\u003c\/i\u003e and MTV days, and three new pieces--go beyond simply chronicling some of the modern world's most uncanny, unbelievable, and spectacular oddities (though they do that, too). Researched for months and even years on end, they explore the interconnectedness of the globalized world, the consequences of history, the power of myth, and the ways people attempt to find meaning. He searches for tigers in India, and uncovers a multigenerational mystery involving an oil tycoon and his niece turned stepdaughter turned wife in the Oklahoma town where he grew up. Through each adventure, Phillips's remarkable voice becomes a character itself--full of verve, rich with offhanded humor, and revealing unexpected vulnerability. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDogged, self-aware, and radiating a contagious enthusiasm for his subjects, Phillips is an exhilarating guide to the confusion and wonder of the world today. If John Jeremiah Sullivan's \u003ci\u003ePulphead \u003c\/i\u003ewas the last great collection of New Journalism from the print era, \u003ci\u003eImpossible Owls\u003c\/i\u003e is the first of the digital age.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBrian Phillips\u003c\/b\u003e is a former staff writer for \u003ci\u003eGrantland\u003c\/i\u003e and a former senior writer for MTV News. He has written for \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eSlate\u003c\/i\u003e, among other publications, and his work has appeared in \u003ci\u003eBest American Sports Writing\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eBest American Magazine Writing\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives in central Pennsylvania. \u003ci\u003eImpossible Owls\u003c\/i\u003e is his first book.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Fsg Originals","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50523555627282,"sku":"9780374175337","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_20e21bfb-1546-4d2c-bca4-832b24f7ab7b.jpg?v=1731151925","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/impossible-owls-essays-9780374175337","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}