{"product_id":"walks-with-men-ann-beattie-9781439168691","title":"Walks With Men","description":"Ann Beattie arrived in New York young, observant and celebrated (as The New Yorker's young fiction star) in one of the most compelling and creative eras of recent times. So does the protagonist of her intense new novella, Walks with Men. It is 1980 in New York City, and Jane, a valedictorian fresh out of Harvard, strikes a deal with Neil, an intoxicating writer twenty years her senior. The two quickly become lovers, living together in a Chelsea brownstone, and Neil reveals the rules for a life well lived: If you take food home from a restaurant, don't say it's because you want leftovers for \"the dog.\" Say that you want the bones for \"a friend who does autopsies.\" If you can't stand on your head (which is best), learn to do cartwheels. Have sex in airplane bathrooms. Wear only raincoats made in England. Neil's certainties, Jane discovers, mask his deceptions. Her true education begins. \"One of our era's most vital masters of the short form\" (The Washington Post), Beattie brilliantly captures a time, a place and a style of engagement. Her voice is original and iconic.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ann Beattie\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1439168695\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781439168691\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Scribner Book Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/08\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 112\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.23lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.30h x 5.84w x 0.35d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal Prepub Alert\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/15\/2010 pg. 74\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/15\/2010 pg. 34\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/13\/2010 pg. 26\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew Yorker (The)\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/05\/2010 pg. 73","brand":"Ann Beattie","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43934998003967,"sku":"9781439168691","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_4d8d8817-f9ab-46d3-a00d-be5df9a1a912.jpg?v=1681417257","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/walks-with-men-ann-beattie-9781439168691","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}