{"product_id":"my-goat-ate-its-own-legs-tales-for-adults-9780061719684","title":"My Goat Ate Its Own Legs: Tales for Adults","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Burrett's imagination is as fertile as that of Jorge Luis Borges's, and he's more readable, and funnier.\" --\u003cem\u003eThe Independent on Sunday\u003c\/em\u003e (London)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA debut collection of tales that explores the weird what-ifs of evolution, devotion, and universal disaster\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn a voice so unfailingly chipper it's suspicious, Alex Burrett poses in fiction some disturbing yet certainly possible futures for the human race (and other ambitious, earthbound mammals). Always ready with an impeccable phrase or a sly wink, he shares tales of the most darkly ironic sort, including a field report from a human abattoir, a chronicle of dating Death, and, of course, the tale of the goat that ate its own legs. The thirty-one bizarre, insightful, and morbidly hilarious tales in \u003cem\u003eMy Goat Ate Its Own Legs: Tales for Adults\u003c\/em\u003e will delight anyone who doesn't take life (or death) too seriously.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Harper Perennial\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/30\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780061719684\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.02h x 5.04w x 0.68d","brand":"Alex Burrett","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44391867482293,"sku":"9780061719684","price":11.04,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_a355ff4e-afd1-4bd3-816d-cfc4c4615fa7.jpg?v=1719949016","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/my-goat-ate-its-own-legs-tales-for-adults-9780061719684","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}