{"product_id":"bad-behavior-stories-paperback","title":"Bad Behavior: Stories - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMary Gaitskill\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNational Book Award finalist Mary Gaitskill's classic debut collection from the 1980s--powerful stories of dislocation, longing, and desire\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNow towering and inevitable in its influence on writing by and for young urbanites, \u003ci\u003eBad Behavior\u003c\/i\u003e heralded Mary Gaitskill's arrival on the literary scene and her establishment as one of the sharpest writing talents of her time, or any time: exquisitely funny and startlingly honest; bold and eye-opening on relationships, sex, and the erotic. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSet in Manhattan's Lower East Side and peopled with artistic freelancers and intelligent sex workers, smug yuppies and love-torn masochists, \u003ci\u003eBad Behavior\u003c\/i\u003e depicts a world equally cruel and tender, where romance and danger go hand in hand. Gaitskill delivers unforgettable stories of a disenchanted and rebellious urban fringe generation groping for human connection.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eMARY GAITSKILL is the author of the story collections\u003ci\u003e Because They Wanted To\u003c\/i\u003e (nominated for a PEN\/Faulkner Award) and \u003ci\u003eDon't Cry, \u003c\/i\u003e the novels \u003ci\u003eThe Mare\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eVeronica\u003c\/i\u003e (nominated for a National Book Award), and \u003ci\u003eTwo Girls, Fat and Thin, \u003c\/i\u003eand the essay collection \u003ci\u003eSomebody with a Little Hammer\u003c\/i\u003e. She has received a Guggenheim Fellowship, and her work has appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker, Harper's, Esquire, The Best American Short Stories, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe O. Henry Prize Stories\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 224\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 7.9 x 5.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 08, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44379227684966,"sku":"9780593689400","price":24.68,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/uoLTs8RLB89780593689400.webp?v=1768918154","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/bad-behavior-stories-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}