{"product_id":"the-threat-hardcover","title":"The Threat - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eNathaniel Stein\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDripping with voice, \u003ci\u003eThe Threat\u003c\/i\u003e is a hilariously relatable story of self-doubt, aging, and frustration. Literary yet accessible, Stein's story explores what happens when the only way you can live is by feeling like you might die.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Nathaniel Stein has written a comic novel unlike anything that we have on hand recently: a small-scale exquisitist portrait of an improbable existence that has elements of both Kafka and Bruce Jay Friedman, and manages to be both appealingly absurd and strangely touching. A genuinely original book.\" --Adam Gopnik, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times-\u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author of \u003ci\u003eParis to the Moon\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eTHE THREAT \u003c\/i\u003etells the darkly comic story of Melvin Levin, a middle-aged man who is dissatisfied with his dull and mediocre life. That is, until he receives a mysterious death threat in the mail. Terrified at first, Levin soon becomes accustomed to the threat--and then, increasingly, delighted with it, thrilled with his newfound importance as a \"threatened man.\" But as his obsession with maintaining this identity becomes all-consuming, he risks blinding himself to the twin dangers of the threat itself and--perhaps worse--of his own deranged mind. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt once absurdist, moving, and savagely funny, \u003ci\u003eTHE THREAT\u003c\/i\u003e is a timeless parable of the comic lengths to which people go to protect the delusions that validate them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eThe Threat\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"I savored every word of Nathaniel Stein's hilarious, expertly crafted, giddily uncompromising debut novel.\" --\u003cb\u003eSimon Rich, Thurber Prize-winning author of \u003ci\u003eNew Teeth\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A comic masterpiece.\"\u003cb\u003e --Andy Borowitz, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e-bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eProfiles in Ignorance\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNATHANIEL STEIN\u003c\/b\u003e has written humor and nonfiction for \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker, The New York Times, The Los Angeles Review of Books, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Daily Beast, \u003c\/i\u003e among other publications. He lives in Los Angeles where he works as a television writer. This is his first novel.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eNATHANIEL STEIN has written humor and nonfiction for \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker, The New York Times, The Los Angeles Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eT\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003ehe Daily Beast\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e, \u003c\/i\u003eamong other publications. He lives in Los Angeles where he works as a television writer. This is his first novel.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 192\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 8.6 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 16, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42691506536511,"sku":"9781684429691","price":37.56,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/70b8514cc41d0753395a86c9420afc33.webp?v=1764992336","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/the-threat-hardcover","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}