{"product_id":"2011-bob-mayfield-9780934388009","title":"2011: A Collection of Prose and Cons...","description":"\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Bob Mayfield\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0934388008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780934388009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Spudders Crest LLC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/20\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 242\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.69lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.55d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePW Booklife Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/28\/2022","brand":"Bob Mayfield","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44070131466495,"sku":"9780934388009","price":14.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_99b82520-239b-40a4-8bfd-5689f2b2dbe5.jpg?v=1685428540","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/2011-bob-mayfield-9780934388009","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}