{"product_id":"grab-bag-derek-mccormack-9781888451597","title":"Grab Bag","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Anyone interested in the more wicked, crafty and inventive forms of Canadian writing would be well advised to spend time with McCormack.\" --\u003cem\u003eToronto Star\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Boy, can Dennis Cooper find 'em! \u003cem\u003eGrab Bag\u003c\/em\u003e will grab you, all right; plain, simple, and hard.\" --John Waters, filmmaker\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cem\u003eGrab Bag\u003c\/em\u003e is comprised of two interrelated novels, \u003cem\u003eDark Rides\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eWish Book\u003c\/em\u003e, from one of Canada's most important young writers. Both books are set in the same small rural city, in different eras (1950s, 1930s), each characterized by McCormack's spare and elliptical prose.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Derek McCormack\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1888451599\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781888451597\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Akashic Books, Ltd.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/01\/2004\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 206\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.47lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.28h x 5.36w x 0.61d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLambda Book Report\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/01\/2004 pg. 38","brand":"Derek McCormack","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45898852958463,"sku":"9781888451597","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_61d0dd3e-10d0-4323-ace6-c08bc7c651e0.jpg?v=1721377266","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/grab-bag-derek-mccormack-9781888451597","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}