{"product_id":"everything-abridged-stories-paperback","title":"Everything Abridged: Stories - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDennard Dayle\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNamed a BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR... SO FAR by \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eFor readers of David Wong, Paul Beatty, and George Saunders, an electrifying and wholly original collection of satirical stories that create a bitingly funny portrait of American racism, capitalism, and politics\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eFramed as a reference work of humorous \"entries\" that offer trenchant social commentary, \u003ci\u003eEverything Abridged \u003c\/i\u003epresages a dark vision of the near future but tells jokes in the face of it: An intelligence agency operative uncovers a conspiracy to generate conspiracies and realizes his participation in the scheme. A Caribbean monarch meets four decades of American presidents and adjusts his country's foreign policy accordingly. Experiment participants are asked to bring back a gun as quickly as possible. A copywriter on a space colony advertises a weapon with the potential to destroy his home during an intergalactic war. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e These and other linked stories, many of which feature a speculative bent--about being Black in America, law enforcement practices in an android society, Olympic speed walking, consumerism, nuclear war, and more--are interspersed with hilarious, one-line definitions for words ranging from \u003ci\u003eabolition\u003c\/i\u003e to \u003ci\u003ezygote\u003c\/i\u003e, creating a sharply humorous portrait of American inequality. With his singular wit, sharp prose, and shrewd observations, Dennard Dayle captures the struggles his characters face to keep hold of their sanity in a society collapsing into chaos and absurdity.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDennard Dayle\u003c\/b\u003e is a Jamaican-American writer from New York City. He is a graduate of Princeton University and received his MFA from Columbia University. His short fiction has been published by \u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eClarkesworld\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMatchbook\u003c\/i\u003e, the\u003ci\u003e Hard Times\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eMcSweeney's Internet Tendency\u003c\/i\u003e, and his satirical performance art has been covered by NBC, the \u003ci\u003eNew York Post\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eNew York \u003c\/i\u003emagazine. Dayle is based in Brooklyn. \u003ci\u003eEverything Abridged \u003c\/i\u003eis his debut collection.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 368\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 11, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42732131549247,"sku":"9781419760976","price":20.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/14d00292de0338fdf7472120d8bd6b62.webp?v=1765131386","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/everything-abridged-stories-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}