{"product_id":"damned-if-i-do-stories-9781555974114","title":"Damned If I Do: Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003eDamned If I Do is an exceptional new collection of short stories by Percival Everett, author of the highly praised and wickedly funny novel \u003ci\u003eErasure\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003ePeople are just naturally hopeful, a term my grandfather used to tell me was more than occasionally interchangeable with stupid.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA cop, a cowboy, several fly fishermen, and a reluctant romance novelist inhabit these revealing and often hilarious stories. An old man ends up in a high-speed car chase with the cops after stealing the car that blocks the garbage bin at his apartment building. A stranger gets a job at a sandwich shop and fixes everything in sight: a manual mustard dispenser, a mouthful of crooked teeth, thirty-two parking tickets, and a sexual-identity problem. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePercival Everett is a master storyteller who ingeniously addresses issues of race and prejudice by simultaneously satirizing and celebrating the human condition.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-103242\"\u003ePercival Everett\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Graywolf Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/01\/2004\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.61lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.62h x 5.36w x 0.61d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781555974114\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1555974112\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC029000\"\u003eShort Stories (single author)\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC019000\"\u003eLiterary\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePercival Everett\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of several books, including \u003ci\u003eErasure\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGlyph\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Frenzy\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eWatershed\u003c\/i\u003e. He is a professor of English at the University of Southern California and lives in Los Angeles.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Graywolf Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48456084488429,"sku":"9781555974114","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/files\/img_d415ac03-dffe-4777-8ba9-504f402514ca.jpg?v=1753545936","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/damned-if-i-do-stories-9781555974114","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}