{"product_id":"lightning-on-the-sun-paperback","title":"Lightning on the Sun - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBingham\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the highly acclaimed author of \u003cb\u003ePure Slaughter Value\u003c\/b\u003e comes this latter-day literary noir about an ex-pat in Cambodia eager to get home but taking all the wrong turns. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Asher went to Cambodia to get away from Julie, his Harvard grad ex-girlfriend currently tending bar in a topless joint in New York. But when his UNESCO work cleaning bat dung from Khmer statues is finished, and he decides on a dicey heroin scheme as his means to get home with plenty of money to spare, it's Julie whose help he solicits. She agrees, but plans go dangerously awry frighteningly fast. A pulsating plot and precise literary prose make \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLightning on the Sun \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003ea startlingly compelling and strangely poetic tale.\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the highly acclaimed author of Pure Slaughter Value comes this latter-day literary noir about an ex-pat in Cambodia eager to get home but taking all the wrong turns. \u003cbr\u003eAsher went to Cambodia to get away from Julie, his Harvard grad ex-girlfriend currently tending bar in a topless joint in New York. But when his UNESCO work cleaning bat dung from Khmer statues is finished, and he decides on a dicey heroin scheme as his means to get home with plenty of money to spare, it's Julie whose help he solicits. She agrees, but plans go dangerously awry frighteningly fast. A pulsating plot and precise literary prose make \"Lightning on the Sun a startlingly compelling and strangely poetic tale.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eRobert Bingham was the author of the highly praised short story collection \u003cb\u003ePure Slaughter Value\u003c\/b\u003e. He held an M.F.A. from Columbia and was a founding editor of the literary magazine \u003ci\u003eOpen City.\u003c\/i\u003e His fiction and nonfiction appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker, \u003c\/i\u003e and he worked for two years as a reporter for the \u003ci\u003eCambodia Daily.\u003c\/i\u003e He died in 1999.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 304\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.72 x 8 x 5.25 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 17, 2001\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52519807123763,"sku":"9780385488686","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/bVVPRlhjbnVBTnEvOUJLWWNQWFdRUT09.webp?v=1760511183","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/lightning-on-the-sun-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}