{"title":"Leonard Michaels","description":"Leonard Michaels (1933-2003) was the author of five collections of stories and essays--Going Places, I Would Have Saved Them If I Could, Shuffle, A Girl with a Monkey, and To Feel These Things--as well as two novels, Sylvia and The Men's Club. All of his fiction will be reissued as FSG Classics.","products":[{"product_id":"the-mens-club-paperback","title":"The Men's Club - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e First published in 1981, Leonard Michaels's \u003ci\u003eThe Men's Club \u003c\/i\u003eis a scathing, pitying, absurdly dark and funny novel about manhood in the age of therapy. \"The climax is fitting, horrific, and wonderfully droll\" (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e). \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSeven men, friends and strangers, gather in a house in Berkeley. They intend to start a men's club, the purpose of which isn't immediately clear to any of them; but very quickly they discover a powerful and passionate desire to talk.","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51369791619295,"sku":"9780374208196","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/suYEEpvvX99780374208196.webp?v=1789146626"},{"product_id":"sylvia-paperback","title":"Sylvia - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFirst acclaimed as a story-length memoir, then expanded into a novel, \u003ci\u003eSylvia \u003c\/i\u003edraws us into the lives of a young couple whose struggle to survive Manhattan in the early 1960s involves them in sexual fantasias, paranoia, drugs, and the extreme intimacy of self-destructive violence. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eReproducing a time and place with extraordinary clarity, Leonard Michaels explores with self-wounding honesty the excruciating particulars of a youthful marriage headed for disaster.","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51369795027167,"sku":"9780374271077","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/Y4TGznWeFl9780374271077.webp?v=1789146634"}],"url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/collections\/leonard-michaels.oembed","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}