{"product_id":"discombobulated-katherine-baccaro-9781450274012","title":"Discombobulated: Collected Short Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003eReflecting experiences gained while teaching in England, Italy, Korea, and Turkey, author Katherine Baccaro presents an eclectic collection of twenty-four short stories. The tales delve into one family's dysfunction, the difficulties of dating in Manhattan, and the mysteries of love.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eDiscombobulated\u003c\/i\u003e explores a variety of everyday themes and pulls on human emotions. In \"Borborygmus,\" the prim and proper thirty-seven- year-old Dermot McGreevy feels humiliated when he develops an embarrassing ailment. In \"The Department of Nosology,\" two thirteen-year- old girls suffer the consequences after they begin cataloging the noses of the townspeople. \"The Census\" explores the feelings of tourists in Turkey as they learn they will be banished to their hotel room for a day while the country conducts its census. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFrom the comic to the sad, from real life to imagined landscapes, and from nostalgia and memories to suppositions and lies, \u003ci\u003eDiscombobulated\u003c\/i\u003e offers a diverse collection of stories offering insight into the human condition. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Katherine Baccaro\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1450274013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781450274012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e iUniverse\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/02\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 160\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.49lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.34d","brand":"Katherine Baccaro","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48458389291263,"sku":"9781450274012","price":12.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_2536a4fb-42ac-41aa-9e3d-1d46b87381fb.jpg?v=1777404134","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/discombobulated-katherine-baccaro-9781450274012","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}