{"product_id":"kissing-in-manhattan-stories-9780385335676","title":"Kissing in Manhattan: Stories","description":"Hilarious, sexy, and deeply tender, \u003cb\u003eKissing in Manhattan\u003c\/b\u003e was one of the most celebrated debuts in recent years. Acclaimed author David Schickler's collection of linked stories follows a troupe of love-hungry urbanites through a charmed metropolis and into the Preemption--a mythic Manhattan apartment building. The Preemption sets the stage for a romantic fantasy as exuberant, dark, and dazzling as the city it occupies. Behind closed doors, the paths of an improbable cast of tenants--a seductive perfume heiress; a crabby, misunderstood actor; a preternaturally sharp-sighted priest--tangle and cross, while a perilous love triangle builds around three characters: \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJames Branch, a shy young accountant with an unusual love for the Preemption's antique elevator, and a strange destiny... \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePatrick Rigg, a Wall Street lothario who soothes his pain by seducing \u003cbr\u003ebeautiful women, carrying a gun, and attending the nightly sermons of a foreboding priest... \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRally McWilliams, a fetching, hopeful young writer who roams the city at night, searching for the soulmate she believes in but can't find... \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCharged with joy and a deadly sense of humor, \u003cb\u003eKissing in Manhattan\u003c\/b\u003e is a daring new writer's vision of a world where men and women, good and evil, love and sex, meet, battle, and embrace on every street corner.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDavid Schickler is a graduate of the Columbia M.F.A. program. He lives in New York. His stories have appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTin House\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eZoetrope\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Dial Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50844410773778,"sku":"9780385335676","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_dc2bdeda-9466-4307-a008-4b88a98ea45e.jpg?v=1737319373","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/kissing-in-manhattan-stories-9780385335676","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}