{"product_id":"in-theory-it-works-raymond-st-elmo-9798835774326","title":"In Theory, it Works","description":"There is something different about Theory, Texas.\u003cbr\u003eThe hill-country farm-town seems sleepy and dull, memorable as the thirty-fifth Tuesday of whatever year you can't recall.. You could drive through Theory, Texas in two minutes, not recalling a thing about it two minutes later. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePerhaps the difference is in little things. The ice-rink is upside down. A cat is mayor. The donut shop enforces strict rules of Truth. In the town park farmers debate the meaning of existence. Tuba playing is forbidden within town limits.\u003cbr\u003eAnd the high-school science teacher, Ted Alva, has been warned: \u003ci\u003ebeware the friendly stranger from Acronym Land. Guard the secret archive of past inventions, less some devil or corporate CEO find use for the town's secret.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnd that secret is (sssshhh, don't tell)...\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eIn Theory, everything works.\u003cbr\u003eThe unlikely dreams, the improbable machines, all the conceivable inventions that in ordinary places would beget explosions, laughter or a dull and useless hum... these things can work. In theory.\u003cbr\u003eIn Theory, Texas, \u003ci\u003eeverything \u003c\/i\u003eworks. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom the book: \u003cbr\u003e\"Nicole Devlin.\"\u003cbr\u003e\"Ted Alva.\"\u003cbr\u003e\"Not Thomas?\"\u003cbr\u003e\"I had it changed.\"\u003cbr\u003e\"Ah.\"\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction complete, Ms. Devlin sat herself neat as napkin folded by the \u003ci\u003emaître d' \u003c\/i\u003ehimself, into the one chair opposite the one desk. Placing her briefcase on her lap.\u003cbr\u003e\"I always wanted to be called 'Nicky',\" she confessed. \"But it's forever either Nicole or 'the Devil'.\u003cbr\u003eAlva remained standing, blinking at the creature. A young woman in a serious gray suit that declared \u003ci\u003eSerious Gray \u003c\/i\u003ebusiness; lightened by a fluffy red bow at the collar.\u003cbr\u003e\"People \u003ci\u003ecall\u003c\/i\u003e you the Devil?\"\u003cbr\u003e\"It's the name 'Devlin', I suppose. That or I piss people off.\" She sighed. \"People. What can you do?\"\u003cbr\u003e\"My father was a Thomas Alva Edison fan. He pissed people off too. Edison, I mean, not my dad. Well, dad also pissed people off. Me, anyway. I prefer Nikola Tesla.\"\u003cbr\u003e\"Prefer him to your father, or to Edison?\"\u003cbr\u003eAlva considered. \"Hmm. Both. Edison wasn't much of a family man. Dad, either.\"\u003cbr\u003e\"I wonder if anyone called Tesla 'Nicky'?\"\u003cbr\u003e\"Maybe. He was charming. On a good day. Tesla, I mean. Not dad.\"\u003cbr\u003e\"I hear you,\" said the Devil. \"Never got on with my father either.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Raymond St Elmo\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 8835774322\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798835774326\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/15\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 418\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.95lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.25w x 0.85d","brand":"Raymond St Elmo","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45897497706751,"sku":"9798835774326","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_5facccce-2e55-48ab-8a89-4a840005bdc0.jpg?v=1721374071","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/in-theory-it-works-raymond-st-elmo-9798835774326","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}