{"product_id":"it-is-an-honest-ghost-john-goldbach-9781552453339","title":"It Is an Honest Ghost","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom Kenya to Quebec, these wry and unconventional stories explore the different ways we're haunted ...\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTeenagers philosophize on the nature of ontology while fearing there's a ghost in the old mill they're stuck in; a man encounters an old friend in the unlikeliest of places; nineteenth-century inventor Sigismund Mohr is vividly brought back from obscurity; and two journalists travel to Kenya for a conference, where one of them has a paranoid breakdown.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eIt Is an Honest Ghost\u003c\/i\u003e is a funny and often eerie collection that explores what lies beyond mortality - if anything, that is.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'A thrilling collection: hot-headed, existential, crystalline. Goldbach's novella \u003ci\u003eHic et Ubique\u003c\/i\u003e illuminates the nightmare of being a man in this world -- the twisted, spiritual conversion of buddy into warrior. This book is cadenced and visionary.' \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e- Tamara Faith Berger \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Searching and restless, a new Goldbach story is a thing to celebrate. A whole collection of them? A Mardi Gras of mischievous goodness. This fiction slays hearts in the most wondrous of ways.' \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e- Jeff Parker \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eThe Devil and the Detective\u003c\/i\u003e: \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'The world has hitherto been divided into plotters who wrote in shoddy sentences and linguistic aesthetes who wrote beautiful sentences but couldn't make anything happen on the page, no plot. Goldbach manages to do both - a thrilling plot and beautiful language. He has raised the bar for both murder mysteries and literary writing.' \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e- Josip Novakovich \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Mr. Goldbach will be a fun writer to watch. Check him out.' \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e- Padgett Powell\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eJohn Goldbach is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Devil and the Detective \u003c\/i\u003e(Coach House, 2013) and the collection \u003ci\u003eSelected Blackouts \u003c\/i\u003e(Insomniac, 2009). He lives in Montreal, Quebec.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e John Goldbach\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1552453332\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781552453339\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Coach House Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/24\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 150\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 5.10w x 0.40d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/30\/2016\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Goldbach","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48013978501375,"sku":"9781552453339","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_3c63d942-9017-4f8d-9480-6ad76c07dafe.jpg?v=1767745961","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/it-is-an-honest-ghost-john-goldbach-9781552453339","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}