{"product_id":"down-south-of-north-james-lannan-9781796011197","title":"Down South of North","description":"Discharged from the US Army with a head injury sustained in Vietnam during the war era, Edmond Larson takes to wandering in Mexico. One night at a cantina in Veracruz, a pistolero falls dead at Larson's feet, and he is arrested for murder. After escaping jail, he reluctantly joins up with a local girl who has ties to a madman bent on provoking revolution. Ellie's friend Jerry complains that she thinks she's always right. Ellie admits she has a smart mouth and that even at the age of twenty-nine, she often comes off as a cantankerous old biddy. In Ellie's view, people take advantage at the slightest display of weakness. This is the story of how Ellie loses her virginity. Octavio is a street brawler and a thief, though also capable of painful sacrifice for the benefit of a chance acquaintance. An insurance salesman wakes up on a Saturday morning unable to set work aside. His wife objects to his attitude. His son accuses him of going back on his word. Pancho takes a beating every time he enters the boxing ring, but his sister's husband, a former national champion, won't let him quit the fight game. A man lies on a mountainside in the rain. A woman he can't get enough of has just struck him in the head with a rock. Another man bleeds to death on a bridge, with intestines spilling out his abdomen. His killer admonishes him for seducing their patron's young wife. Down South of North comprises ten stories in all. A suicidal roofer, a painter dedicated to her clients in social services while enduring unrequited love, and a taxidermist who discovers a magic pendant in the belly of a forty-pound catfish round out the collection's central characters.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e James Lannan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1796011193\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781796011197\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Xlibris Us\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/23\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 374\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/0001","brand":"James Lannan","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48486113739007,"sku":"9781796011197","price":30.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_bfef9f33-c4b1-414d-a512-c7e2c2604fd3.jpg?v=1778053765","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/down-south-of-north-james-lannan-9781796011197","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}