{"product_id":"subject-steve-paperback","title":"Subject Steve - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSam Lipsyte\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe dazzling debut novel from the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Ask \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e Home Land, \u003c\/i\u003e Sam Lipsyte's \u003ci\u003eThe Subject Steve\u003c\/i\u003e is by turns manic, ebullient, and exquisitely deadpan--and belongs in the company with the master American satirists.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMeet Steve (not his real name), a Special Case, in truth, a Terminal Case, and the eponymous antihero of Lipsyte's first novel. Steve has been informed by two doctors that he is dying of a condition of unquestioned fatality, with no discernible physical cause. Eager for fame, and to brand the new plague, they dub it Goldfarb-Blackstone Preparatory Extinction Syndrome, or PREXIS for short. Turns out, though, Steve's just dying of boredom.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSAM LIPSYTE\u003c\/b\u003e was born in 1968. He is the author of the story collection \u003ci\u003eVenus Drive \u003c\/i\u003e(named one of the top twenty-five books of its year by the \u003ci\u003eVoice Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e) and three novels: \u003ci\u003eThe Ask\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Subject Steve \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eHome Land\u003c\/i\u003e, which was a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003eNotable Book and received the first annual Believer Book Award. He lives in New York.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 8.1 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 01, 2011\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42134469345415,"sku":"9780312429973","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/71542fa649946ad7497ada6f1dc59bb1.webp?v=1732642066","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/subject-steve-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}