{"product_id":"the-subject-steve-9780312429973","title":"The Subject Steve","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Sam Lipsyte\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Picador USA\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Picador USA\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Literary\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe dazzling debut novel from the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Ask \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e Home Land, \u003c\/i\u003e Sam Lipsyte's \u003ci\u003eThe Subject Steve\u003c\/i\u003e is by turns manic, ebullient, and exquisitely deadpan--and belongs in the company with the master American satirists.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMeet Steve (not his real name), a Special Case, in truth, a Terminal Case, and the eponymous antihero of Lipsyte's first novel. Steve has been informed by two doctors that he is dying of a condition of unquestioned fatality, with no discernible physical cause. Eager for fame, and to brand the new plague, they dub it Goldfarb-Blackstone Preparatory Extinction Syndrome, or PREXIS for short. Turns out, though, Steve's just dying of boredom.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Picador USA","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45117842981015,"sku":"9780312429973","price":1187.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780312429973.webp?v=1767273729","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-subject-steve-9780312429973","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}