{"product_id":"nine-inches-9781250054975","title":"Nine Inches","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA stunning short story collection from \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003ethe \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003ebestselling author of \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Leftovers \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eand \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eLittle Children, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003efeaturing stories focusing on Tom Perrotta's familiar suburban nuclear families\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eNine Inches\u003c\/i\u003e, Tom Perrotta's first true collection, features ten stories--some sharp and funny, some mordant and surprising, and a few intense and disturbing. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhether he's dropping into the lives of two teachers--and their love lost and found--in \"Nine Inches\", documenting the unraveling of a dad at a Little League game in \"The Smile on Happy Chang's Face\", or gently marking the points of connection between an old woman and a benched high school football player in \"Senior Season\", Perrotta writes with a sure sense of his characters and their secret longings. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eNine Inches\u003c\/i\u003e contains an elegant collection of short fiction: stories that are as assured in their depictions of characters young and old, established and unsure, as any written today.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTom Perrotta\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of several works of fiction\u003ci\u003e: Bad Haircut\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Wishbones, Election\u003c\/i\u003e, and the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling \u003ci\u003eJoe College\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eLittle Children\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003ci\u003eElection and Little Children\u003c\/i\u003e were made into critically acclaimed movies. \u003ci\u003eThe Leftovers \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eMrs. Fletcher\u003c\/i\u003e were both adapted into HBO series. He lives outside of Boston.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"St. Martin's Griffin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50333766975762,"sku":"9781250054975","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_7d44bcf7-da00-4795-8a42-4c4af825f23d.jpg?v=1727876772","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/nine-inches-9781250054975","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}