{"product_id":"city-of-boys-stories-9780679733515","title":"City of Boys: Stories","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCity of Boys: Stories\u003c\/strong\u003e by Nugent, Beth. paperback edition. ISBN: 9780679733515.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Nugent looks into the maelstrom without blinking, and she is a terrific writer.\" -- Boston Globe\nSet in New York City, middle America, the beaches of Florida and rural highways, suburban kitchens, and cross-country trains, the ten stories of City of Boys evoke a haunting landscape at once familiar and strange. A small-town girl flees her domineering mother and falls into an obsessive love affair with an older woman in New York City. A sixteen-year-old envies her cousins sex appeal while avoiding the attentions of her middle-aged uncle. A brother tries to protect his sister by convincing her never to leave their apartment, but his control is threatened when he takes a new job. And there is more, in this stunning debut by a masterful new voice in American literature.\n\"City of Boys can be appreciated for its nuances and its oblique style....[It] is unpredictable and haunting.\"\n-- The New York Times Book Review\n\"Penetrating, eerie and affecting...Nugent cuts to the bone of characters, relationships, situations.\" -- Houston Post\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Vintage","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44948523778101,"sku":"ByrdShop_0679733515","price":59.93,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780679733515_8fad2d27-8056-427c-b4c1-5d6d493ed64f.jpg?v=1778709428","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/city-of-boys-stories-9780679733515","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}