{"product_id":"captain-maximus-paperback-by-barry-hannah-foreword-by-sam-lipsyte","title":"Captain Maximus Paperback by Barry Hannah; Foreword by Sam Lipsyte","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n                \n                    \n                        \u003ch2\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProduct Details\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n                        \u003cul\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cb\u003ePenguin Classics\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e(2026-11-10)\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003eEnglish\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e112\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003epages\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e9780143139270\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eItem Weight\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e90.72\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003egrams\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e19.43 x 12.83 x 0.76\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003ecm\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                        \u003c\/ul\u003e\n                        \u003cbr\u003e\n                        \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eClassic short stories by a beloved virtuoso of language, craft, and madness from the American South\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“His writing was anarchic and wonderfully funny. He sounded like what you’d get if you stirred three heaping teaspoons of Thomas Pynchon and Terry Southern into a jar of Eudora Welty.”—Dwight Garner, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA Penguin Classic\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the eight stories collected in \u003ci\u003eCaptain Maximus\u003c\/i\u003e, Barry Hannah explores the lives of everymen and eccentrics alike in a showcase of his acerbic wit, dark humor, and stylistic flare. Hannah’s unorthodox prose, characterized by unusual wordplay mixed with hints of Faulkner and Hemingway, captured the post-1970s malaise of American life, endeared him to literary circles, and left a lasting influence on the craft of countless authors. Featuring some of Hannah’s finest work, from the fever dream “Ride, Fly, Penetrate, Loiter” to his film treatment for Robert Altman “Power and Light,” \u003ci\u003eCaptain Maximus\u003c\/i\u003e is the perfect introduction to Barry Hannah.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePenguin Classics is the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world, representing a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.\u003c\/p\u003e\n                        \u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n                        \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBarry Hannah \u003c\/b\u003e(1942– 2010) was the author of twelve books and the recipient of the Robert Penn Warren Lifetime Achievement Award, the PEN\/ Malamud Award, a Guggenheim Fellowship, and an Academy Award in Literature from the American Academy of Arts \u0026amp; Letters. Hannah won the William Faulkner Prize for his 1972 novel, \u003ci\u003eGeronimo Rex\u003c\/i\u003e; was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize in Fiction for his 1996 short story collection, \u003ci\u003eHigh Lonesome\u003c\/i\u003e; and twice received the Mississippi Institute of Arts \u0026amp; Letters Fiction Award. A longtime writing instructor who taught at the Iowa Writers’ Workshop, the University of the South, and Bennington College, he was the director of the MFA program at the University of Mississippi, where his students included Larry Brown and Donna Tartt.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSam Lipsyte \u003c\/b\u003eis author of the short story collections \u003ci\u003eVenus Drive\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Fun Parts\u003c\/i\u003e and five novels, including the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller \u003ci\u003eThe Ask\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHark\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHome Land\u003c\/i\u003e (a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Notable Book and winner of the Believer Book Award), and \u003ci\u003eNo One Left to Come Looking for You\u003c\/i\u003e. 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