{"product_id":"a-boys-book-of-nervous-breakdowns-stories-paperback","title":"A Boy's Book of Nervous Breakdowns: Stories - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eTom Paine\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe insightful and provocative stories in Tom Paine's collection spring from a series of seismic events that rocked the post-millennium world. News headlines from the last decade--the fall of Baghdad, the Occupy Wall Street movement, and the BP oil spill--not only inspire the settings but also raise ethical questions that percolate throughout this ominous and timely work. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA stark reminder of the challenges and resultant anxiety facing a global society, \u003ci\u003eA Boy's Book of Nervous Breakdowns\u003c\/i\u003e depicts the simultaneously dreamlike and brutally real experience of witnessing contemporary political and environmental catastrophes. Paine approaches the second U.S. invasion of Iraq through the eyes of a CBS radio journalist and her desperate Iraqi translator as they report the opening months of the attack and dodge danger with a newborn in tow. In other stories, a father blames global warming for the drowning death of his daughter and journeys by horseback across the last of the Montana glaciers; a Japanese reggae band struggles under the radioactive umbrella of the Fukushima nuclear disaster; and a genius at Goldman Sachs invents a money-making algorithm, then ends his days with a tribe of headhunters in the Amazon. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePaine masterfully orchestrates these episodic depictions of a failing civilization, however unnerving, through a wide array of perspectives, each tied to the other by Cassandra-like prophecies. Immediately compelling, \u003ci\u003eA Boy's Book of Nervous Breakdowns\u003c\/i\u003e confronts the harsh realities of our time with imaginative and moving vignettes that reinforce the fragility, greed, and heartache of the human condition.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTom Paine\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Pearl of Kuwait\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eScar Vegas\u003c\/i\u003e, is associate professor in the MFA program at the University of New Hampshire. He has published work in the \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker, \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eHarper's\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eZoetrope\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGlimmer Train\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eStory\u003c\/i\u003e, among others, and has been featured in anthologies for the O. Henry Awards, the Pushcart Prize, and \u003ci\u003eNew Stories from the South: The Year's Best\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 160\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.3 x 8.4 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 07, 2015\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47256532189433,"sku":"9780807161241","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/5Wc0B4HowM9780807161241.webp?v=1784151819","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/a-boys-book-of-nervous-breakdowns-stories-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}