{"product_id":"bad-americans-part-ii-9781734727852","title":"Bad Americans: Part II","description":"\u003cp\u003eSummer 2020: the Covid-19 Pandemic is raging. A reclusive billionaire, Olive Mixer, calls twelve diverse \u0026amp; lonely Americans to his mansion complex in the Hamptons: nurses, lawyers, mechanics, social workers, students, financial analysts, soldiers, Uber drivers, engineers, hair salon operators. During the day, the guests meet, compete, date, dine, flirt and fight. Each night, one must tell the group a story.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTheir tales range widely in subject, style, length and decorum. Many stories respond to each other. They trigger passionate debate and fiery resistance. They change how characters perceive each other and affect the trajectory of the frame narrative. They make us ponder the nature of storytelling itself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBad Americans is part Boccaccio and part The Bachelor, but it is a creation all its own. Both a novel and short story collection, Bad Americans is at once a powerful portrait of the American pandemic experience and an examination of narrative itself. Bad Americans: Part Iincludes the frame narrative and the first six stories. Bad Americans: Part II will conclude the frame narrative and include six additional stories.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese two books are the second and third volumes of the profound and daring anthology series The Human Tragedy, following the subversive classic Good Americans.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Tejas Desai\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New Wei\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/15\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSeries:\u003c\/b\u003e The Human Tragedy #3\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 380\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.49lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.88d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781734727852","brand":"New Wei","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45486750761097,"sku":"9781734727852","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_2111c00e-da10-4094-82b5-e346adcb596b.jpg?v=1775543078","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/bad-americans-part-ii-9781734727852","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}