{"product_id":"walks-with-men-fiction-paperback","title":"Walks with Men: Fiction - 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\u003eAnn Beattie\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom bestselling author Ann Beattie comes an intense, knockout novella that perfectly captures a time and a place--New York in the '80s.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt is 1980 in New York City, and Jane, a valedictorian fresh out of Harvard, strikes a deal with Neil, an intoxicating writer twenty years her senior. The two quickly become lovers, living together in a Chelsea brownstone, and Neil reveals the rules for a life well lived: If you take food home from a restaurant, don't say it's because you want leftovers for \"the dog.\" Say that you want the bones for \"a friend who does autopsies.\" If you can't stand on your head (which is best), learn to do cartwheels. Have sex in airplane bathrooms. Wear only raincoats made in England. Neil's certainties, Jane discovers, mask his deceptions. Her true education begins. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"One of our era's most vital masters of the short form\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e), Beattie brilliantly captures a time, a place and a style of engagement. Her voice is original and iconic.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnn Beattie has been included in five O. Henry Award Collections, in \u003ci\u003eThe Best American Short Stories \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Best American Short Stories of the Century\u003c\/i\u003e. She is the recipient of the PEN\/Malamud Award for achievement in the short story. In 2005, she received the Rea Award for the Short Story. The former Edgar Allan Poe Professor of Literature and Creative Writing at the University of Virginia, she is a member of The American Academy of Arts and Letters and of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. She and her husband, Lincoln Perry, live in Maine, Virginia, and Florida.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 112\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.35 x 7.3 x 5.84 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 08, 2010\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47244963447033,"sku":"9781439168691","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/bXRRdFYxc1Z2T0ZWWkxlbXZ2NENmQT09.webp?v=1768595712","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/walks-with-men-fiction-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}