{"product_id":"fresh-complaint-9781250192721","title":"Fresh Complaint","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe first collection of short fiction from Jeffrey Eugenides, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of \u003ci\u003eThe Virgin Suicides\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eMiddlesex\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJeffrey Eugenides's bestselling novels have shown him to be an astute observer of the crises of adolescence, self-discovery, family love, and what it means to be American. The stories in \u003ci\u003eFresh Complaint\u003c\/i\u003e explore equally richand intriguingterritory. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRanging from the bitingly reproductive antics of Baster to the dreamy, moving account of a young traveler's search for enlightenment in Air Mail (selected by Annie Proulx for \u003ci\u003eBest American Short Stories\u003c\/i\u003e), this collection presents characters in the midst of personal and national emergencies. We meet a failed poet who, envious of other people's wealth during the real-estate bubble, becomes an embezzler; a clavichordist whose dreams of art flounder under the obligations of marriage and fatherhood; and, in \u003ci\u003eFresh Complaint\u003c\/i\u003e, a high school student whose wish\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Picador USA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49528910512471,"sku":"9781250192721","price":14.45,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781250192721.jpg?v=1731873513","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/fresh-complaint-9781250192721","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}