{"product_id":"such-a-good-man-paperback-4","title":"Such a Good Man - 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\u003eDustin M. Hoffman\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn these inventive and formally daring stories, Dustin M. Hoffman shines a light into the dark corners of American suburbia. The housepainters, contractors, formerly incarcerated carnival workers, and fathers that populate these pages are doing their best to overcome life's brutal indifference. Characters sometimes face unusual situations: one plays infinite games of Monopoly with God, while the Man in the Yellow Hat must decide how to react when a window washer is hospitalized with serious injuries. Mostly, though, they navigate the challenges of grief, poverty, and arguments with siblings that many of us will find all too familiar. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e With brilliance and perception, Hoffman interrogates the intersections of labor and masculinity, peeling back the spackled facades of class, family, and domesticity. \u003ci\u003eSuch a Good Man\u003c\/i\u003e depicts darkness, cruelty, and absurdity without flinching--and reveals the eternal human desire for intimacy, especially when it remains just out of reach.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eDustin M. Hoffman is the author of the story collections \u003ci\u003eOne-Hundred-Knuckled Fist\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of the Prairie Schooner Book Prize, and \u003ci\u003eNo Good for Digging\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as the fiction chapbook \u003ci\u003eSecrets of the Wild\u003c\/i\u003e. He spent ten years painting houses in Michigan before earning his MFA in fiction from Bowling Green State University and his PhD in creative writing from Western Michigan University. He lives in South Carolina and teaches creative writing at Winthrop University.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 232\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 8.5 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 25, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47264053428473,"sku":"9780299352448","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/1pRc26UMVx9780299352448_872cf44d-7118-44e7-a91c-7af8987ad1db.webp?v=1768824863","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/such-a-good-man-paperback-4","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}