{"product_id":"baloney-maxime-raymond-bock-9781552453391","title":"Baloney","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Bock's language crackles with the energy of a Québécois folk song, impassioned and celebratory but also melancholy and cheekily ironic.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, on \u003ci\u003eAtavisms\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA young, floundering author meets Robert \"Baloney\" Lacerte, an older, marginal poet who seems to own nothing beyond his unwavering certainty. Over the course of one summer evening, Lacerte recounts his unrelenting quest for poetry, which has taken him from Quebec's Boreal forests to South America to East Montreal, where he seems poised to disappear without a trace. But as the blocked writer discovers, Lacerte might just be full of it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMaxime Raymond Bock \u003c\/b\u003elives in Montreal, Quebec. \u003ci\u003eAtavisms\u003c\/i\u003e, his first book, won the Prix Adrienne-Choquette.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePablo Strauss\u003c\/b\u003e, who translated \u003ci\u003eAtavisms\u003c\/i\u003e, lives in Quebec City, Quebec.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Maxime Raymond Bock\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1552453391\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781552453391\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Coach House Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/01\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 96\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 5.00w x 0.40d","brand":"Maxime Raymond Bock","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48449741291775,"sku":"9781552453391","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_7ff9dc2d-6aa0-497c-8b9e-5cf7e5e2852d.jpg?v=1777264711","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/baloney-maxime-raymond-bock-9781552453391","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}