{"product_id":"damned-if-i-do","title":"Damned If I Do","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDamned If I Do is an exceptional new collection of short stories by Percival Everett, author of the highly praised and wickedly funny novel \u003ci\u003eErasure.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePeople are just naturally hopeful, a term my grandfather used to tell me was more than occasionally interchangeable with stupid.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA cop, a cowboy, several fly fishermen, and a reluctant romance novelist inhabit these revealing and often hilarious stories. An old man ends up in a high-speed car chase with the cops after stealing the car that blocks the garbage bin at his apartment building. A stranger gets a job at a sandwich shop and fixes everything in sight: a manual mustard dispenser, a mouthful of crooked teeth, thirty-two parking tickets, and a sexual-identity problem.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePercival Everett is a master storyteller who ingeniously addresses issues of race and prejudice by simultaneously satirizing and celebrating the human condition.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePercival Everett\u003c\/strong\u003e is the author of more than twenty books. He is the recipient of the Hurston\/Wright Legacy Award and the PEN Center USA Award for Fiction. He teaches at the University of Southern California and lives outside Los Angeles.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e   \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"a-unordered-list a-nostyle a-vertical a-spacing-none detail-bullet-list\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePublisher: Graywolf Press\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePublish Date: November 01, 2004\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePages: 208\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLanguage: English\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eType: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEAN\/UPC: 9781555974114\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDimensions: 215.9 X 134.6 X 14.0 mm | 0.6 pounds\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Percival Everett","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":50526596497643,"sku":"9781555974114","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0253\/4014\/9820\/files\/9781555974114_0684b_f2e29382-feea-4c06-ad44-f72f09b0d3d1.jpg?v=1790300338","url":"https:\/\/rep.club\/products\/damned-if-i-do","provider":"Reparations Club","version":"1.0","type":"link"}