{"product_id":"bad-behavior-by-mary-gaitskill-9780241383100","title":"Bad Behavior","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe bestselling 1988 collection of short stories exploring the inner lives of men and women, ambiguity and unease in relationships, and the cruelty we inflict on one another.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA young woman anxiously waits for her date on a street corner in New York City; he sits in a pizza parlour across the street, watching her discomfort.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA middle-aged woman returns to a New York that is haunted by the passion and intensity of her former relationship with her estranged best friend.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA secretarial graduate starts her first job at a lawyer's office and quietly keeps her cruel experiences at his hands locked inside herself.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe stories in this collection peer deep into the inner lives of men and women, explore the cavernous spaces between what we say and what can be expressed, and are full of tenderness and cruelty. Published for the first time in Penguin Modern Classics, \u003cem\u003eBad Behavior\u003c\/em\u003e provides a devastatingly insightful and urgently necessary view of our times.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House NZ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46249854992620,"sku":"9780241383100","price":22.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780241383100.jpg?v=1741562537","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.pro\/products\/bad-behavior-by-mary-gaitskill-9780241383100","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}