{"product_id":"book-i705","title":"A Shimmering, Serrated Monster!","description":"\u003cb\u003eAn all-access ticket to the celebrated and wholly original mind of Mark Leyner, “one of the smartest and funniest humans since Aristophanes” (Jay McInerney)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Praised as “chaotic and vibrant” (Charles Yu), “visionary” (Sam Lipsyte), and “supremely original” (John Cusack), the work of Mark Leyner has inspired a generation of contemporary novelists and has long deserved its place of recognition among the literary superstars of the seismic postmodernism-influenced movement of the early 21st century. \u003ci\u003eA Shimmering, Serrated Monster!: The Mark Leyner Reader\u003c\/i\u003e samples the staggering highlights from Leyner’s extraordinary career in all of its bizarre and infatuating glory, with excerpts spanning from his groundbreaking early novels \u003ci\u003eMy Cousin, My Gastroenterologist \u003c\/i\u003e(1990) and \u003ci\u003eEt Tu, Babe\u003c\/i\u003e (1992) to his modern masterpieces \u003ci\u003eThe Sugar-Frosted Nutsack \u003c\/i\u003e(2012) and \u003ci\u003eThe Last Orgy of the Divine Hermit\u003c\/i\u003e (2021). Appreciations from modern masters introduce each novel and the book includes original pieces in Leyner’s irrepressible voice, including a timeline (“The Story So Far”) and a new Afterword (“The Highlighted Passages”\u003ci\u003e).\u003c\/i\u003e This comprehensive volume is the perfect entry point for readers attracted to mind-expanding prose, and a bouquet of delights for those who have loved any of his past works.  ","brand":"Hachette Book Group","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49276999139632,"sku":"BDi705","price":31.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/661134-i705-Square.jpg?v=1732335490","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-i705","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}