{"product_id":"headshot-9780593654125","title":"Headshot","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eFINALIST FOR THE PULITZER PRIZE \u003cbr\u003eLONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eFINALIST FOR THE CENTER FOR FICTION FIRST NOVEL PRIZE\u003cbr\u003eONE OF BARACK OBAMA'S FAVORITE READS OF SUMMER 2024 \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNamed a Best Book of 2024 by \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e, NPR, \u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eElle\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eVulture\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLit Hub\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Make room, American fiction, for a meaningful new voice.\" --Dwight Garner, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAn electrifying debut novel from an \"unusually gifted writer\" (Lorrie Moore) about the radical intimacy of physical competition \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAn unexpected tragedy at a community pool. A family's unrelenting expectation of victory. The desire to gain or lose control; to make time speed up or stop; to be frighteningly, undeniably good at something. Each of the eight teenage girl boxers in this blistering debut novel has her own reasons for the sacrifices she has made to come to Reno, Nevada, to compete to be named the best in the country. Through a series of face-offs that are raw, ecstatic, and punctuated by flashes of humor and tenderness, prizewinning writer Rita Bullwinkel animates the competitors' pasts and futures as they summon the emotion, imagination, and force of will required to win. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrenetic, surprising, and strikingly original, \u003ci\u003eHeadshot \u003c\/i\u003eis a portrait of the desire, envy, perfectionism, madness, and sheer physical pleasure that motivate young women to fight--even, and perhaps especially, when no one else is watching.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-10061044\"\u003eRita Bullwinkel\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Penguin Publishing Group\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/11\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.35lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.70h x 5.00w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780593654125\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0593654129\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC044000\"\u003eWomen\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC038000\"\u003eSports\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC019000\"\u003eLiterary\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRita Bullwinkel \u003c\/b\u003eis the author of \u003ci\u003eBelly Up\u003c\/i\u003e, a story collection that won the Believer Book Award. The recipient of a 2022 Whiting Award, she has had her work published in \u003ci\u003eTin House\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eConjunctions\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBOMB Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNOON\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eGuernica\u003c\/i\u003e. She is editor at large for \u003ci\u003eMcSweeney's\u003c\/i\u003e, the deputy editor of \u003ci\u003eThe Believer\u003c\/i\u003e, and a contributing editor at \u003ci\u003eNOON\u003c\/i\u003e. She lives in San Francisco and teaches at the California College of the Arts and the University of San Francisco.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44380249194635,"sku":"9780593654125","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0626\/5100\/7115\/files\/img_20c7cf7c-ddf0-4d2f-84ca-99060c79f983.jpg?v=1760538851","url":"https:\/\/cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/products\/headshot-9780593654125","provider":"CA Corrections Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}