{"product_id":"the-kind-im-likely-to-get-a-collection-9780688169800","title":"The Kind I'm Likely to Get: A Collection","description":"In her New Yorker review of The KGB Bar Reader, Daphne Merkin called attention to Ken Foster's introduction: \"His last sentence ... caught me up short, because it seemed both so obvious and so original: 'And that the best writers reveal something about themselves that a smarter person would choose to hide.'\" In this collection, Foster does exactly that, as he explores the limits of what we can expect from others, and from ourselves. From New Orleans to Portland to Manhattan and Paris, Foster's characters circle each other as well as their own fates in fourteen stories that evoke Mary Gaitskill, Lorrie Moore, and Denis Johnson. The heart of what we're looking for in life provides the backbone to these surprising and poetic pieces -- in which Foster ultimately reveals the gap between what we hope for and the kind we're likely to get.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ken Foster\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e PerfectBound\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/07\/1999\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 204\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.51lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.04h x 5.08w x 0.51d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780688169800\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/1999 pg. 650\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/07\/1999 pg. 73\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eIngram Advance\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/01\/1999 pg. 37\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/01\/1999 pg. 138\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePeople Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/06\/1999 pg. 51\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/29\/1999 pg. 12\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/05\/1999 pg. 74","brand":"PerfectBound","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43646226006131,"sku":"9.78069E+12","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_847a0265-2df5-444d-8746-b4135b25e370.jpg?v=1755947543","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/the-kind-im-likely-to-get-a-collection-9780688169800","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}