{"product_id":"wild-failure-9780593499917","title":"Wild Failure","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eA dazzling debut collection of ten powerful, feminist, and queer short stories from bestselling author Zoe Whittall\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Absorbing and wrenchingly intimate, with a rare balance of wit and tenderness.”—Jenny Fran Davis, author of \u003ci\u003eDykette\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eWild Failure,\u003c\/i\u003e characters encounter feelings of shame, desire, attachment, and disconnection as they find themselves navigating their way through bad decisions, unusual situations, and fraught relationships.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn “Oh, El,” a dominant woman can’t stop herself from toying with the tender heart of her co-worker. The title story, “Wild Failure,” is a doomed love story between an agoraphobic and a wilderness hiker. In “Half-Pipe,” a teen girl’s heterosexual ambivalence results in chaos at a skate park. A group of idealistic roommates find themselves the subject of a true crime podcast in “Murder at the Elm Street Collective House.” In “The Sex Castle Lunch Buffet,” a woman reflects on her brief stint at a nineties strip club after she learns of the death of a former client.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWild Failure\u003c\/i\u003e is replete with Whittall’s perceptive humor and acute insights into human nature. It’s also a dynamic and vibrant collection of poetic fiction that contend with the meaning of desire in a world that devalues femininity and queerness.","brand":"Random House Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"STANDARD","offer_id":62251696554371,"sku":"9780593499917","price":18.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0907\/8456\/3587\/files\/9780593499917.jpg?v=1785421432","url":"https:\/\/shopcomics.eu\/products\/wild-failure-9780593499917","provider":"Shop Comics EU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}