{"product_id":"beast-of-the-heartland-lucius-shepard-9781568581262","title":"Beast of the Heartland: And Other Stories","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"Brings to mind the best work of Graham Greene, Robert Stone, and Ward Just.\"--\u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe fiction of Lucius Shepard has more to do with Joseph Conrad than Isaac Asimov. Fascinated by deception and decay, and generally labeled a cyberpunk writer, his work transcends the limits of genre fiction. \u003ci\u003eBeast of the Heartland\u003c\/i\u003e contains seven tales that explore the dark side where science fiction meets horror. Headed by the award-winning \"Barnacle Bill the Spacer,\" a story of high-space mutiny, the book includes \"A Little Night Music,\" a gothic tale of insanity; \"All the Perfumes of Araby,\" where an adventurer in the Middle East links up with an ancient entity; \"Human History,\" a postapocalyptic chiller; \"Sports in America,\" a noir tale in the Chandler tradition; \"The Sun Spider,\" a mini space opera; and the title story--an ingenious picture of a battered boxer on the decline.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Lucius Shepard\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1568581262\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781568581262\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Da Capo Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/31\/1999\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 300\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.04h x 5.08w x 0.79d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/22\/1999 pg. 75","brand":"Lucius Shepard","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43991611408639,"sku":"9781568581262","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_68564a2b-a262-456b-be0d-bc1348941968.jpg?v=1683311257","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/beast-of-the-heartland-lucius-shepard-9781568581262","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}