{"product_id":"the-impossibly-9781566892810","title":"The Impossibly","description":"\u003cp\u003eInnovative, comic, bizarre and beautiful, \u003ci\u003eThe Impossibly\u003c\/i\u003e reads as if Donald Barthelme were channeling Alain Robbe-Grillet, Samuel Beckett, Ben Marcus and reruns of \u003ci\u003eGet Smart\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eTime Out New York\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen the anonymous narrator botches an assignment from the clandestine organization that employs him, everyone in his life becomes a participant in his punishment. In the end, he is called out of retirement for a final assignment: to seek and identify his own assassin. This edition includes an introduction by Percival Everett, an afterword by the author, and a lost chapter.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCalled one of the most talented young writers on the American scene today by Paul Auster, \u003cb\u003eLaird Hunt\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of four genre-bending novels and was a finalist for the 2010 PEN Center USA Award. Born in Singapore and educated at Indiana University and the Sorbonne in Paris, Hunt has lived in Tokyo, London, The Hague, New York, and on an Indiana farm. A former press officer at the United Nations and current faculty member at the University of Denver, he now lives in Boulder, Colorado.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Coffee House Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/24\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781566892810\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 266\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.05lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.90d","brand":"Laird Hunt","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41574096109749,"sku":"9781566892810","price":12.75,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_edd5c3c2-e772-4139-b6b9-3fbc56b0c81b.jpg?v=1643689348","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-impossibly-9781566892810","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}