{"product_id":"palo-alto-stories","title":"Palo Alto: Stories","description":"A fiercely vivid collection of stories about troubled California teenagers and misfits--violent and harrowing, from the astonishingly talented actor and artist James Franco.\n\nPalo Alto is the debut of a surprising and powerful new literary voice. Written with an immediate sense of place--claustrophobic and ominous--James Franco's collection traces the lives of an extended group of teenagers as they experiment with vices of all kinds, struggle with their families and one another, and succumb to self-destructive, often heartless nihilism. In \"Lockheed\" a young woman's summer--spent working a dull internship--is suddenly upended by a spectacular incident of violence at a house party. In \"American History\" a high school freshman attempts to impress a girl during a classroom skit with a realistic portrayal of a slave owner—only to have his feigned bigotry avenged. In \"I Could Kill Someone,\" a lonely teenager buys a gun with the aim of killing his high school tormentor, but begins to wonder about his bully's own inner life.\nThese linked stories, stark, vivid, and disturbing, are a compelling portrait of lives on the rough fringes of youth.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 1439163146\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: PKV.1439163146.G\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Franco, James\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: A well-loved companion. Corners and cover might show a little wear, and you could find some notes or highlights. The dust jacket might be MIA, it might have been a library book and extras aren't guaranteed—but the story's all there!  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Aspen Book Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51325617144095,"sku":"PKV.1439163146.G","price":2.52,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0894\/0470\/3007\/files\/1439163146-0.jpg?v=1761413705","url":"https:\/\/www.aspenbookco.com\/products\/palo-alto-stories","provider":"Aspen Book Company","version":"1.0","type":"link"}