{"product_id":"2011-a-collection-of-prose-and-cons-paperback","title":"2011: A Collection of Prose and Cons... - 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\u003eBob Mayfield\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA writer terrifies a small town. A Major League baseball player consults the Buddha. A woman disappears in front of the cameras. A cat whistles. The husband of a writer gets a life-altering makeover in his wife's comic strip. In a series of interwoven tales, a man discovers he's the Baron of a vanished country, only to get entangled in an assassination plot with international ramifications, from Oslo to Paris, from Santa Fe to Pakistan.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd in what must be a first in world literature, we are treated to a half-time show, complete with live commentary, and a very special guest star -Fyodor Dostoyevsky. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSet in the fictional realm of Haven, New Connecticut, during the Great Recession of 2011, the thirty-six stories gathered here ensconces the reader in the middle of a world both recognizable and unsettlingly strange. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten with caustic wit, and a satirical bent, these tales sometimes tickle, sometimes outrage. With a cast of recurring characters, the author explores the improbable, and exposes the real world for what it, perhaps, truly is -a Joke. \u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 242\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.55 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 20, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52528439820595,"sku":"9780934388009","price":22.12,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/WWpCblROYmh4L1ROeS96UEUxWk9EUT09.webp?v=1760673438","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/2011-a-collection-of-prose-and-cons-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}