{"product_id":"superworse-the-novel-isbn-9781932360134","title":"Superworse - The Novel","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"Greenman’s mind may contain 'a Russian short story writer, a slap-stick gag writer, an art critic, a literary critic, a cultural commentator, a cowboy, a satirist, a scientist . . . a surrealist, a nut, and genius . . . a child prodigy . . . and a poet' (Susan Minot).\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe original \u003ci\u003eMcSweeney’s\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSuperbad\u003c\/i\u003e comprised more than two dozen pieces in various genres from serious fiction to post-modern satire to lyric. This Soft Skull edition will reconceive \u003ci\u003eSuperbad\u003c\/i\u003e with an eye toward its overall architecture, emphasizing that the individual pieces are intricately related to one another, as movements in a symphony or gears in a clockwork. Onge, the [fictitious] editor who introduced \u003ci\u003eSuperbad\u003c\/i\u003e, will oversee the paperback, allowing a clear set of themes and characters to emerge from the welter of styles. The book is tightly constructed, with a mirror-image arrangement and many characters, not all human, threaded throughout. Rather than conceiving this project simply as a paperback edition, the release is more like a remix, in the fashion of popular music. \u003ci\u003eSuperbad\u003c\/i\u003e was a humor collection in the finest \u003ci\u003eMcSweeney’s\u003c\/i\u003e tradition; \u003ci\u003eSuperworse\u003c\/i\u003e is a novel in the spirit of Borges and Barthelme.\u003cb\u003eBen Greenman\u003c\/b\u003e is a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e-bestselling author who has written both fiction and nonfiction. He is the author of several acclaimed works of fiction, including the novel \u003ci\u003eThe Slippage\u003c\/i\u003e and the short-story collections \u003ci\u003eWhat He’s Poised to Do\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSuperbad\u003c\/i\u003e. He is the co-author of the bestselling \u003ci\u003eMo' Meta Blues\u003c\/i\u003e with Questlove, the bestselling \u003ci\u003eI Am Brian Wilson\u003c\/i\u003e with Brian Wilson, \u003ci\u003eBrothas Be, Yo Like George\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAin't That Funkin' Kinda Hard on You?\u003c\/i\u003e with George Clinton, and more. His fiction, essays, and journalism have appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Paris Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eZoetrope: All Story\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMcSweeney’s\u003c\/i\u003e, and elsewhere, and have been widely anthologized. His most recent book is \u003ci\u003eDig If You Will The Picture\u003c\/i\u003e, a meditation on the life and career of Prince.","brand":"Soft Skull","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46300895838437,"sku":"NP9781932360134","price":12.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781932360134.jpg?v=1767737610","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/superworse-the-novel-isbn-9781932360134","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}