{"product_id":"feast-day-of-the-cannibals-norman-lock-9781942658467","title":"Feast Day of the Cannibals","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eA bankrupt merchant encounters Herman Melville and is pursued through the depths of Gilded Age Manhattan by a brutal antagonist\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the sixth stand-alone book in The American Novels series, Shelby Ross, a merchant ruined by the depression of 1873-79, is hired as a New York City Custom House appraiser under inspector Herman Melville, the embittered, forgotten author of \u003ci\u003eMoby-Dick\u003c\/i\u003e. On the docks, Ross befriends a genial young man and makes an enemy of a despicable one, who attempts to destroy them by insinuating that Ross and the young man share an unnatural affection. Ross narrates his story to his childhood friend Washington Roebling, chief engineer of the soon-to-be-completed Brooklyn Bridge. As he is harried toward a fate reminiscent of Ahab's, he encounters Ulysses S. Grant, dying in a brownstone on the Upper East Side; Samuel Clemens, who will publish Grant's Memoirs; and Thomas Edison, at the dawn of the electrification of the city.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eFeast Day of the Cannibals\u003c\/i\u003e charts the harrowing journey of a tormented heart during America's transformative age.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Norman Lock\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 194265846X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781942658467\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bellevue Literary Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/16\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.40h x 5.00w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2019 pg. 88\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/15\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/20\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eForeword\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/26\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2019 pg. 47","brand":"Norman Lock","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43978895687935,"sku":"9781942658467","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_ab362ef9-2dae-43e8-9ea1-3113d928e17c.jpg?v=1683243463","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/feast-day-of-the-cannibals-norman-lock-9781942658467","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}