{"product_id":"we-live-in-water-stories-9780061926624","title":"We Live in Water: Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eONE OF PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA'S FAVORITE BOOKS OF 2019\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestselling author of \u003cem\u003eBeautiful Ruins\u003c\/em\u003e, the first collection of short fiction from Jess Walter--a suite of diverse and searching stories about personal struggle and diminished dreams, all of them marked by the wry wit, keen eye, and generosity of spirit that has made him a bookseller and reader favorite\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese twelve stories--published over the last five years in Harper's, The Best American Short Stories, McSweeney's, Playboy, and other publications--veer from comic tales of love to social satire to suspenseful crime fiction, from hip Portland to once-hip Seattle to never-hip Spokane, from a condemned casino in Las Vegas to a bottomless lake in the dark woods of Idaho. This is a world of lost fathers and redemptive conmen, of meth tweakers on desperate odysseys and men committing suicide by fishing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWe Live in Water\u003c\/em\u003e is a darkly comic, heartfelt collection of stories from a \"ridiculously talented writer\" (\u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e), \"one of the freshest voices in American literature\" (\u003cem\u003eDallas Morning News\u003c\/em\u003e).\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWalter, Jess:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eJess Walter is the author of six novels, including the bestsellers \u003cem\u003eBeautiful Ruins\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Financial Lives of the Poets\u003c\/em\u003e, the National Book Award finalist \u003cem\u003eThe Zero\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eCitizen Vince\u003c\/em\u003e, the winner of the Edgar Award for best novel. His short fiction has appeared in \u003cem\u003eHarper's\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eMcSweeney's\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003ePlayboy\u003c\/em\u003e, as well as \u003cem\u003eThe Best American Short Stories\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Best American Nonrequired Reading\u003c\/em\u003e. He lives in his hometown of Spokane, Washington.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Perennial","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50649742606610,"sku":"9780061926624","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_99c101b1-34ff-40a0-a7f2-09aafaeb86b5.jpg?v=1733272360","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/we-live-in-water-stories-9780061926624","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}