{"product_id":"whirlaway-the-great-american-loony-bin-horseplaying-record-collecting-novel-paperback","title":"Whirlaway: The Great American Loony Bin, Horseplaying \u0026 Record-Collecting Novel - 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\u003ePoe Ballantine\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEddie Plum, who insists he's been unjustifiably committed to a California psychiatric hospital, manages to finally escape after fourteen years of incarceration to start his life anew.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e On the run, he holes up in a sheltered barrio on a bluff above the Pacific Ocean owned by his wealthy but unsympathetic father. Here he meets Sweets, the telepathic dog, laments the loss of Sofia, his madhouse lover, and plays the horses at the Del Mar Racetrack. Eventually he meets up with an old friend, Shelly Hubbard, a fellow horseplayer, record collector\/dealer, and hardcore loner, who tells him about his brother, Donny, dead at the age of eighteen from a tragic dive off a thirty-foot La Jolla sea cliff known as the Clam. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Eddie discovers a family secret and wants to help, but by then he's already embroiled in the psychotic incident with the Tijuana prostitutes, the madhouse lover, and the police, who are hot on his tail. Mr. Toad's Wild Ride has nothing on \u003ci\u003eWhirlaway\u003c\/i\u003e, a hilarious novel of escaped mental patients, horseplayers, and record collectors.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePOE BALLANTINE\u003c\/b\u003e currently lives in Chadron, Nebraska. His work has appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe Atlantic Monthly\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Sun\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eKenyon Review\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Coal City Review\u003c\/i\u003e. In addition to garnering numerous Pushcart and O. Henry nominations, Mr. Ballantine's work has been included in the anthologies \u003ci\u003eThe Best American Short Stories 1998\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Best American Essays 2006\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 190\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 9 x 5.6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 03, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53329381327155,"sku":"9780997068399","price":23.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/qVujlVPKyH9780997068399.webp?v=1778165564","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/whirlaway-the-great-american-loony-bin-horseplaying-record-collecting-novel-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}