{"product_id":"venus-drive-paperback","title":"Venus Drive - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSam Lipsyte\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn intense, mordantly funny collection of short fiction from Sam Lipsyte, author of \u003ci\u003eHome\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e Land\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Ask\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe Picador e-book edition includes an excerpt from \u003ci\u003eThe Ask\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA man with an old soul finds himself at a Times Square peep show, looking for more than just a little action. A young man goes into some serious regression after finding his deceased mother's stash of morphine. A group of summer-camp sadists return to the scene of the crime. Lipsyte's brutally funny narratives tread morally ambiguous terrain, where desperate characters stumble over hope, or sometimes merely stumble. Written with ferocious wit and surprising empathy, \u003ci\u003eVenus Drive\u003c\/i\u003e is a potent collection of stories from a wickedly gifted writer (Robert Stone).\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSam Lipsyte\u003c\/b\u003e was born in 1968. He is the author of the story collections \u003ci\u003eVenus Drive\u003c\/i\u003e (named one of the top twenty-five books of its year by the Voice Literary Supplement) and \u003ci\u003eThe Fun Parts \u003c\/i\u003eand several novels, including \u003ci\u003eThe Ask\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Subject Steve\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eHome Land\u003c\/i\u003e, which was a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Notable Book and received the first annual Believer Book Award. He is also the recipient of a Guggenheim fellowship. He lives in New York City and teaches at Columbia University.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 176\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.48 x 8.25 x 5.47 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 02, 2010\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42134471671943,"sku":"9780312429607","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/7c75004e2ee557d606f04d6816afcd7c.webp?v=1732642086","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/venus-drive-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}