{"product_id":"ghosts-of-west-baltimore-j-david-osborne-9781940885629","title":"Ghosts of West Baltimore","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Save the Westside, save the world\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOur hero, Worm, has just been released from Sinai Hospital in West Baltimore after losing an eye and suffering a soon-to-be fatal blast of radiation. A rabbi believing himself to be the messiah plans to unleash an unspeakable evil on the same Park Heights neighborhood in which our hero has been placed by the state. Meanwhile, a predatory probation officer with a proclivity for research chemicals and ultra-violence, stalks his human caseload, terrorizing his \"boas\" as sickness rots his brain. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith a body full of ionized cells, expensive medicine that Medicaid won't cover, and a time-sensitive placement at a halfway house for critically injured felons, can Worm save the city, again, without violating the terms of his probation?\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Visceral and grounded, but with a kind of ineffable strangeness wound into it. Simmons is carving out a space that feels specifically his own.\" - Brian Evenson \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eGhosts of West Baltimore is the sequel to Ghosts of East Baltimore (Broken River Books - 2022)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e J. David Osborne, David Simmons\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1940885620\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781940885629\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Broken River Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/26\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 178\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.38d","brand":"J. David Osborne","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44583909687551,"sku":"9781940885629","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d5e808ce-3a18-4e49-81e2-9a7f27fec6ea.jpg?v=1701884201","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/ghosts-of-west-baltimore-j-david-osborne-9781940885629","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}