{"product_id":"such-a-good-man-9780299352448","title":"Such a Good Man","description":"In these inventive and formally daring stories, Dustin M. Hoffman shines a light into the dark corners of American suburbia. The housepainters, contractors, formerly incarcerated carnival workers, and fathers that populate these pages are doing their best to overcome life's brutal indifference. Characters sometimes face unusual situations: one plays infinite games of Monopoly with God, while the Man in the Yellow Hat must decide how to react when a window washer is hospitalized with serious injuries. Mostly, though, they navigate the challenges of grief, poverty, and arguments with siblings that many of us will find all too familiar. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e With brilliance and perception, Hoffman interrogates the intersections of labor and masculinity, peeling back the spackled facades of class, family, and domesticity. \u003ci\u003eSuch a Good Man\u003c\/i\u003e depicts darkness, cruelty, and absurdity without flinching--and reveals the eternal human desire for intimacy, especially when it remains just out of reach.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Wisconsin Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/25\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780299352448\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 232\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs","brand":"Dustin M. Hoffman","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45150659805365,"sku":"9780299352448","price":16.11,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_0d3498f6-c64d-47f7-85f6-b2905987f128.jpg?v=1741104791","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/such-a-good-man-9780299352448","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}