{"product_id":"speaking-with-the-angel-9781573228589","title":"Speaking with the Angel","description":"\u003cb\u003eNick Hornby...Giles Smith...Helen Fielding...Roddy Doyle...Irvine Welsh...Zadie Smith...Dave Eggers...Robert Harris...Melissa Bank...Patrick Marber...Colin Firth...John O'Farrell\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eCompiled by bestselling author Nick Hornby and featuring brand new stories from the hottest writers on both sides of the Atlantic, \u003cb\u003eSpeaking with the Angel\u003c\/b\u003e is a fresh and funny collection that is sure to be the literary anthology of the year.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHere is a book that was inspired by a very special boy and a very special school. Some money from each copy of \u003cb\u003eSpeaking with the Angel\u003c\/b\u003e sold will benefit autism education charities around the world, including The Treehouse School in London, where Nick's son Danny is a student, and the New York Child Learning Institute here in the States. This project is truly a labor of love for Hornby and the other writers involved, many of whom are Nick's friends.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese original first-person narratives come from the most exciting voices in fiction. Melissa Bank gives readers a glimpse into the mind of a modern New Yorker whose still-new relationship is a constant source of surprise in \"The Wonder Spot.\" In Zadie Smith's \"I'm the Only One,\" a young man recalls his strained relationship with his diva-esque sister. Dave Egger's \"After I Was Thrown in the River and Before I Drowned,\" is told from the viewpoint of an unfortunate pit bull. Helen Fielding offers up a new twist on I've fallen and I can't get up in \"Luckybitch.\" And in Nick Hornby's \"NippleJesus,\" a bruiser finds out that guarding modern art is far more hazardous than controlling the velvet ropes at a nightclub. \u003cb\u003eSpeaking with the Angel\u003c\/b\u003e also includes stories from Roddy Doyle, Irvine Welsh, Colin Firth, John O'Farrell, Robert Harris, Patrick Marber, and Giles Smith. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTwelve completely new stories, written by twelve undeniably imaginative voices. \u003cb\u003eSpeaking with the Angel\u003c\/b\u003e is at turns clever, outrageous, witty, edgy, tender, and wicked. This is what they meant by original.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Riverhead Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/01\/2001\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781573228589\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.47lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.04h x 5.08w x 0.65d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eMen's Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2001 pg. 34\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/18\/2000 pg. 54\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/09\/2001 pg. 70\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2001 pg. 1041\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMademoiselle\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2001 pg. 32\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eVogue\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2001 pg. 390\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/04\/2001 pg. 23\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2001 pg. 126\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePeople Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/09\/2001 pg. 59\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAmerican Spectator\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2001 pg. 102\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Nick Hornby","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43544191500469,"sku":"9781573228589","price":18.7,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_b892dd62-7d39-4b49-8de4-dd4bcec077e0.jpg?v=1706119606","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/speaking-with-the-angel-9781573228589","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}