{"product_id":"9780385335676","title":"Kissing in Manhattan: Stories","description":"\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor\/Contributor(s):\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eSchickler, David\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eDial Press Trade Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDate:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e8\/27\/2002\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003ePaperback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eNEW\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003eHilarious, sexy, and deeply tender, \u003cb\u003eKissing in Manhattan\u003c\/b\u003e was one of the most celebrated debuts in recent years. Acclaimed author David Schickler’s collection of linked stories follows a troupe of love-hungry urbanites through a charmed metropolis and into the Preemption--a mythic Manhattan apartment building. The Preemption sets the stage for a romantic fantasy as exuberant, dark, and dazzling as the city it occupies. Behind closed doors, the paths of an improbable cast of tenants--a seductive perfume heiress; a crabby, misunderstood actor; a preternaturally sharp-sighted priest--tangle and cross, while a perilous love triangle builds around three characters: \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJames Branch, a shy young accountant with an unusual love for the Preemption’s antique elevator, and a strange destiny... \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePatrick Rigg, a Wall Street lothario who soothes his pain by seducing \u003cbr\u003ebeautiful women, carrying a gun, and attending the nightly sermons of a foreboding priest... \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRally McWilliams, a fetching, hopeful young writer who roams the city at night, searching for the soulmate she believes in but can’t find...\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCharged with joy and a deadly sense of humor, \u003cb\u003eKissing in Manhattan\u003c\/b\u003e is a daring new writer’s vision of a world where men and women, good and evil, love and sex, meet, battle, and embrace on every street corner.","brand":"Dial Press Trade Paperback","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44216234541311,"sku":"9780385335676","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0452\/0886\/2873\/files\/9780385335676_s600x595.jpg?v=1775598628","url":"https:\/\/massivebookshop.com\/products\/9780385335676","provider":"MASSIVE BOOKSHOP","version":"1.0","type":"link"}