{"product_id":"bugsy-other-stories-9781982189761","title":"Bugsy \u0026 Other Stories","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom the author of \u003ci\u003eConfidence \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Comedown\u003c\/i\u003e comes a wildly imaginative story collection about queerness, neurodivergence, sexuality, and self-discovery.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrumkin's latest book is a deliciously entertaining collection of five genre-defying stories that range from downright hilarious to brilliantly unhinged. Taken together, they celebrate a wide variety of human experiences. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn the title story, a queer young adult with bipolar disorder drops out of college in a fog of depression, aimlessly drifting between maintaining their job at a fast food restaurant and dodging their mom's texts. But when they fall in with a group of sex workers starring in BDSM films, they find radical freedom, love, and community. In other stories, we meet a psychiatrist whose meticulously-maintained life is upended by an Alex Trebek-like voice in his head, an e-girl celebrity who is being courted by a delusional fan, a young boy on the spectrum at odds with a neurotypical world determined to \"cure\" him, and an elderly woman whose consciousness is being transformed by her oncoming death. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith incredible insight, compassion, and honesty, Frumkin unravels each story with tantalizing precision. Sexy and raw--and compulsively readable--this collection offers a look at our innermost selves as we all try to make sense of the world and our place in it.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Simon \u0026amp; Schuster\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/13\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781982189761\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.39lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.38h x 5.50w x 0.64d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/27\/2023\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Rafael Frumkin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43418488996021,"sku":"9781982189761","price":14.44,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_6b48d46e-ac38-4c85-b4de-96b102f81808.jpg?v=1703006459","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/bugsy-other-stories-9781982189761","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}