{"product_id":"clicking-beat-on-the-brink-keith-hale-9798201520694","title":"Clicking Beat on the Brink of Nada","description":"\u003cp\u003eBy turns funny, romantic, erotic, and sad, this evocative novel brilliantly recreates the landscape of late adolescence, when friendships seem eternal and loves reincarnate. Set in Arkansas but first published in Amsterdam, \u003cem\u003eClicking Beat on the Brink of Nada\u003c\/em\u003e (published in the U.S. as \u003cem\u003eCody\u003c\/em\u003e) quickly won praise from reviewers and readers across Europe and North America. So beautiful, brave, and ahead of its time that William S. Burroughs was an early fan, \u003cem\u003eClicking Beat \u003c\/em\u003eremains remarkably current and continues to be unique in coming of age literature. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA haunting vision of young friendship shattered by an outrageously cruel world. The novel aches with adolescent first loves. It is tender, funny, and true.\u003cbr\u003e- William S. Burroughs, author of \u003cem\u003eNaked Lunch \u003c\/em\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA sense of life, the search for identity, intellectual militancy, the ambiguity of human relationships, unsatisfied desire, and weakness in facing existence are just some of the facets of life that the author evokes with precision.\u003cbr\u003e-\u003cem\u003e Livres\u003c\/em\u003e (Brussels)\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWatersgreen House is an independent international book publisher with editorial staff in the UK and USA. One of our aims at Watersgreen House is to showcase same-sex affection in works by important gay and bisexual authors in ways which were not possible at the time the books were originally published. We also publish nonfiction, including textbooks, as well as contemporary fiction that is literary, unusual, and provocative. watersgreen.wixsite.com\/watersgreenhouse\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Keith Hale\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 8201520696\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798201520694\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Watersgreen House\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/19\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 250\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.82lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.57d","brand":"Keith Hale","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44079746875647,"sku":"9798201520694","price":23.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_13931bda-9628-4a9c-854c-a836b0f0c581.jpg?v=1685482909","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/clicking-beat-on-the-brink-keith-hale-9798201520694","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}