{"product_id":"a-shimmering-serrated-monster-the-mark-leyner-reader-9780316591652","title":"A Shimmering, Serrated Monster!: The Mark Leyner Reader","description":"\u003cb\u003eAn all-access ticket to the celebrated and wholly original mind of Mark Leyner, \"one of the smartest and funniest humans since Aristophanes\" (Jay McInerney)\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Praised as \"chaotic and vibrant\" (Charles Yu), \"visionary\" (Sam Lipsyte), and \"supremely original\" (John Cusack), the work of Mark Leyner has inspired a generation of contemporary novelists and has long deserved its place of recognition among the literary superstars of the seismic postmodernism-influenced movement of the early 21st century. \u003ci\u003eA Shimmering, Serrated Monster!: The Mark Leyner Reader\u003c\/i\u003e samples the staggering highlights from Leyner's extraordinary career in all of its bizarre and infatuating glory, with excerpts spanning from his groundbreaking early novels \u003ci\u003eMy Cousin, My Gastroenterologist \u003c\/i\u003e(1990) and \u003ci\u003eEt Tu, Babe\u003c\/i\u003e (1992) to his modern masterpieces \u003ci\u003eThe Sugar-Frosted Nutsack \u003c\/i\u003e(2012) and \u003ci\u003eThe Last Orgy of the Divine Hermit\u003c\/i\u003e (2021). Appreciations from modern masters introduce each novel and the book includes original pieces in Leyner's irrepressible voice, including a timeline (\"The Story So Far\") and a new Afterword (\"The Highlighted Passages\"\u003ci\u003e).\u003c\/i\u003e This comprehensive volume is the perfect entry point for readers attracted to mind-expanding prose, and a bouquet of delights for those who have loved any of his past works.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Back Bay Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/03\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780316591652\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 464","brand":"Mark Leyner","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44700455010485,"sku":"9780316591652","price":21.24,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_ca66da33-0f1a-4b67-9223-37cd47027ebc.jpg?v=1728397200","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/a-shimmering-serrated-monster-the-mark-leyner-reader-9780316591652","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}